CVE-2018-1159

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Description

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.42.7 and 6.40.9 is vulnerable to a memory corruption vulnerability. An authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server by rapidly authenticating and disconnecting.

References

https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs

https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-08-23

Updated: 2018-10-12

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:*:*:*:*:ltr:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (1 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
112114MikroTik RouterOS < 6.40.9 / 6.42.7 / 6.43 multiple vulnerabilities.NessusMisc.
high