# CVE-2019-18948: An issue was found in Arista EOS.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was found in Arista EOS. Specific malformed ARP packets can impact the software forwarding of VxLAN packets. This issue is found in Arista’s EOS VxLAN code, which can allow attackers to crash the VxlanSwFwd agent. This affects EOS 4.21.8M and below releases in the 4.21.x train, 4.22.3M and below releases in the 4.22.x train, 4.23.1F and below releases in the 4.23.x train, and all releases in 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, 4.19, 4.20 code train.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/10292-security-advisory-47

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