CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-24360

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Dec 28, 2020 | Modified: Jan 05, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.1 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue with ARP packets in Arista’s EOS affecting the 7800R3, 7500R3, and 7280R3 series of products may result in issues that cause a kernel crash, followed by a device reload. The affected Arista EOS versions are: 4.24.2.4F and below releases in the 4.24.x train; 4.23.4M and below releases in the 4.23.x train; 4.22.6M and below releases in the 4.22.x train.

Weakness

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Eos Arista 4.22.0f (including) 4.22.6m (including)
Eos Arista 4.23.0f (including) 4.23.4m (including)
Eos Arista 4.24.0f (including) 4.24.2.4f (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

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