MikroTik RouterOS 5.x < 5.26 / 6.x < 6.3 sshd Unspecified Remote Heap Corruption

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70942

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Synopsis

The remote networking device is affected by a heap corruption vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the remote networking device is running a version of MikroTik 5.x before 5.26 or 6.x before 6.3.
It, therefore, reportedly has a heap corruption vulnerability in its sshd component that can be leveraged by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to crash the SSH service.

Solution

Upgrade to MikroTik RouterOS 5.26 / 6.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70942

File Name: mikrotik_6_3.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/18/2013

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros

Required KB Items: MikroTik/RouterOS/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2013

Reference Information

BID: 62110

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