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GHSA-8P5M-CG5P-7249

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:46 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:33

Details

The L2TP Client in MikroTik RouterOS versions 6.83.3 and 6.37.4 does not enable IPsec encryption after a reboot, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to view transmitted data unencrypted and gain access to networks on the L2TP server by monitoring the packets for the transmitted data and obtaining the L2TP secret.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2017-6297 (GCVE-0-2017-6297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-27 07:25 – Updated: 2026-09-16 20:45

Summary

The L2TP Client in MikroTik RouterOS versions 6.38.3 and 6.37.4 does not enable IPsec encryption after a reboot, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to view transmitted data unencrypted and gain access to networks on the L2TP server by monitoring the packets for the transmitted data and obtaining the L2TP secret.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2348 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://blog.milne.it/2017/02/24/mikrotik-routero…
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96447	vdb-entry

Date Public

2017-02-27 00:00

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