CVE-2017-8338

high

Description

A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.38.5 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU via a flood of UDP packets on port 500 (used for L2TP over IPsec), preventing the affected router from accepting new connections; all devices will be disconnected from the router and all logs removed automatically.

References

https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2064

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142538/MikroTik-RouterBoard-6.38.5-Denial-Of-Service.html

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017050062

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/59

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-18

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High