MikroTik RouterOS Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CVE-2017-6297)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502012

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The L2TP Client in MikroTik RouterOS versions 6.83.3 and 6.37.4 does not enable IPsec encryption after a reboot, which allows man-in-the- middle attackers to view transmitted data unencrypted and gain access to networks on the L2TP server by monitoring the packets for the transmitted data and obtaining the L2TP secret.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96447

http://www.nessus.org/u?90975a2d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502012

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/27/2024

Updated: 2/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros:6.37.4, cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros:6.83.3

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/MikroTik

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6297

CWE: 311