#VU22425 Insufficient verification of data authenticity in MikroTik RouterOS - CVE-2019-3977

 

#VU22425 Insufficient verification of data authenticity in MikroTik RouterOS - CVE-2019-3977

Published: October 30, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22425
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3977
CWE-ID: CWE-345
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
MikroTik RouterOS
Software vendor:
MikroTik

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to software does not validate origin of the upgrade packages when using autoupgrade feature. A remote attacker can trick the victim into downloading and installing an old version of RouterOS and reset passwords of all system users.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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