CVE-2018-1159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2018-08-23

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-11797	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01067.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs
https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/bugfix-release-tree
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-21

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mikrotik Routeros

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2018-08-23T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:23:55.504Z

Reserved: 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1159

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-23T19:29:00.690

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:59:18.417

Link: CVE-2018-1159

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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