https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/7o4y40/meltdownspectre_vulnerab... On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:02 PM, Jean | ddostest.me via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hello,
I'm curious to hear the impact on network devices of this new hardware flaws that everybody talk about. Yes, the Meltdown/Spectre flaws.
I know that some Arista devices seem to use AMD chips and some say that they might be immune to one of these vulnerability. Still, it's possible to spawn a bash shell in these and one with limited privileges could maybe find some BGP/Ospf/SNMP passwords. Maybe it's also possible to leak a full config.
I understand that one need access but still it could be possible for one to social engineer a NOC user, hijack the account with limited access and maybe run the "exploit".
I know it's a lot of "if" and "maybe", but still I'm curious what is the status of big networking systems? Are they vulnerable?
Thanks
Jean