Re: Spectre/Meltdown impact on network devices

[Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>]

https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/7o4y40/meltdownspectre_vulnerability_tracker/

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