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MikroTik RouterOS 6.41.4 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

MikroTik is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.41.4 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU and all available RAM by sending a crafted FTP request on port 21 that begins with many '\0' characters, preventing the affected router from accepting new FTP connections. The router will reboot after 10 minutes, logging a 'router was rebooted without proper shutdown' message.

Affected Software

Affected Software

MikroTik RouterOS through version 6.41.4.

Detection Method

Detection Method

The script checks if the target is a vulnerable device running a vulnerable firmware version.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 6.42 or above.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)