MikroTik RouterOS up to 6.46 resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MikroTik RouterOS up to 6.46. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-20230. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MikroTik RouterOS up to 6.46 (Router Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 07/19/2021. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-20230. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.47 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• MikroTik

Name

• RouterOS

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14
• 6.15
• 6.16
• 6.17
• 6.18
• 6.19
• 6.20
• 6.21
• 6.22
• 6.23
• 6.24
• 6.25
• 6.26
• 6.27
• 6.28
• 6.29
• 6.30
• 6.31
• 6.32
• 6.33
• 6.34
• 6.35
• 6.36
• 6.37
• 6.38
• 6.39
• 6.40
• 6.41
• 6.42
• 6.43
• 6.44
• 6.45
• 6.46

License

• commercial

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