CVE-2021-28496

Summary

On systems running Arista EOS and CloudEOS with the affected release version, when using shared secret profiles the password configured for use by BiDirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) will be leaked when displaying output over eAPI or other JSON outputs to other authenticated users on the device. The affected EOS Versions are: all releases in 4.22.x train, 4.23.9 and below releases in the 4.23.x train, 4.24.7 and below releases in the 4.24.x train, 4.25.4 and below releases in the 4.25.x train, 4.26.1 and below releases in the 4.26.x train

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Arista NetworksArista EOSEOS-4.22 <= EOS-4.22.12affected
Arista NetworksArista EOSEOS-4.23 < EOS-4.23.10affected
Arista NetworksArista EOSEOS-4.24 < EOS-4.24.8affected
Arista NetworksArista EOSEOS-4.25 < EOS-4.25.5affected
Arista NetworksArista EOSEOS-4.26 < EOS-4.26.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-311: CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Workarounds

The restriction of access to the related CLI show command of specified role type can be used as an immediate mitigation. The detailed instructions of role-based authorization can be found at https://www.arista.com/um-eos/eos-user-security#xx1347683.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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