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MikroTik RouterOS Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2019-13954)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502040

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

Mikrotik RouterOS before 6.44.5 (long-term release tree) is vulnerable to memory exhaustion. By sending a crafted HTTP request, an authenticated remote attacker can crash the HTTP server and in some circumstances reboot the system. Malicious code cannot be injected.

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.

Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jul/20

http://www.nessus.org/u?000600fe

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502040

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13954

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros:6.44.5, cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros:6.45

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/MikroTik

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13954

CWE: 770