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MikroTik RouterOS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2017-7285)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502052

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in the network stack of MikroTik Version 6.38.5 released 2017-03-09 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU via a flood of TCP RST packets, preventing the affected router from accepting new TCP connections.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97266

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017030242

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41752/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502052

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-2017-7285

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:6.38.5

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/MikroTik

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7285

CWE: 400