MikroTik RouterOS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2020-20021)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502047

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

An issue discovered in MikroTik Router v6.46.3 and earlier allows attacker to cause denial of service via misconfiguration in the SSH daemon.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502047

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/27/2024

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-20021

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/MikroTik

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-20021

CWE: 400

Detections

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