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Security Advisory 0080

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/27/2022
Created
09/10/2024
Added
09/04/2024
Modified
09/10/2024

Description

This advisory documents the impact of 4 publicly disclosed vulnerabilities within Ethernet encapsulation protocols on Arista products. The issues involve how L2 network security controls can be bypassed using VLAN 0 stacking or 802.3 LLC headers with invalid length. An attacker can send crafted packets through vulnerable devices to cause Denial-of-Service (DoS) or to perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack against L2 reachable hosts in the network.

Solution(s)

  • upgrade-solution-CVE-2021-27853

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