CVE-2018-5254

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Published: April 12, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:59 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorEos

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

Arista EOS before 4.20.2F allows remote BGP peers to cause a denial of service (Rib agent restart) via a malformed path attribute in an UPDATE message.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Eos · Arista

95%

v < 4.20.2f

Affected range stops below 4.20.2f, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/4403-security-advisory-33

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/4403-security-advisory-33

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-417

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