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GHSA-W53J-GPF9-387J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-13 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:27

Details

On affected modular platforms running Arista EOS equipped with both redundant supervisor modules and having the redundancy protocol configured with RPR or SSO, an existing unprivileged user can login to the standby supervisor as a root user, leading to a privilege escalation. Valid user credentials are required in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "published": "2023-04-13T21:30:27Z",
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CVE-2023-24509 (GCVE-0-2023-24509)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-07 15:42

Title

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Arista

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-noti…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Arista Networks	Arista EOS	Affected: 4.23.0 4.23.13M Affected: 4.28.0 , ≤ 4.28.3M (custom) Affected: 4.27.0 , ≤ 4.27.6M (custom) Affected: 4.286.0 , ≤ 4.26.8M (custom) Affected: 4.25.0 , ≤ 4.25.9M (custom) Affected: 4.24.0 , ≤ 4.24.10M (custom)

Date Public

2023-02-14 00:00

Credits

Arista would like to acknowledge and thank Marc-André Labonté, Senior Information Security Analyst at Desjardins for responsibly reporting CVE-2023-24509.

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CVE-2023-24509 (GCVE-0-2023-24509)

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