CVE-2017-8338 (GCVE-0-2017-8338)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-18 06:13 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34
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Summary
A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.38.5 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU via a flood of UDP packets on port 500 (used for L2TP over IPsec), preventing the affected router from accepting new connections; all devices will be disconnected from the router and all logs removed automatically.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2017-05-18 00:00
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