CVE-2017-8338
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/59
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017050062
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142538/MikroTik-RouterBoard-6.38.5-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2064
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/59
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017050062
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142538/MikroTik-RouterBoard-6.38.5-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=2064
CWEs
CWE-400
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.