TI-2018-03809 Aliases CVE-2018-5254 GHSA-fwcg-fqr6-423c

Arista EOS before 4.20.2F allows remote BGP peers to cause a denial of service (Rib agent…

LOW 35CWE-417Published 2018-04-12 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01232 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos::::::::	before 4.20.2f	Vulnerable	Arista

cpe:2.3:o:arista:eos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.20.2f Vulnerable ·Arista

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-5254
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwcg-fqr6-423c

References

Advisory 1

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

TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-06569 Arista EOS Unexpected Tunnel Protocol Decapsulation and Forwarding Bypass KEVCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2017-10594 Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-05929 Openssh: regresshion - race condition in ssh allows rce/dos CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2020-08209 utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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