SB2017032806 - Denial of service in MikroTik RouterBoard
Published: March 28, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032806
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7285)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the network stack due to an error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can submit a flood of TCP RST packets, exhaust all available CPU and prevent the affected router from accepting new TCP connections.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.