CVE-2016-6894 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Arista EOS versions 4.15, 4.16, and 4.17 running on DCS-7050 series devices. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted packets to the control plane, leading to a device reboot. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050t_eos_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050q_eos_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:arista:dcs-7050s_eos_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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