7.5High
Mikrotik Routerboard
CVE-2017-17537
MikroTik RouterBOARD v6.39.2 and v6.40.5 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service by connecting to TCP port 53 and sending data that begins with many '\0' characters, possibly related to DNS.
What this means for your business
- It affects Mikrotik Routerboard. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Mikrotik Routerboard, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.5 (v3.0)
- Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Assigned by
- cve@mitre.org
Dates
- Published
- 2017-12-13
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Mikrotik Routerboard6.39.2, 6.40.5, all versions
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.