SB2020031925 - Denial of service in Mikrotik RouterOS SSH server
Published: March 19, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031925
Severity
Medium
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: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect resource management in Mikrotik RouterOS SSH server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to SSH server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.