CVE-2017-6297

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6297
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-27T07:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-311 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/311.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.37.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routeros:6.83.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://blog.milne.it/2017/02/24/mikrotik-routeros-security-vulnerability-l2tp-tunnel-unencrypted-cve-2017-6297/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96447 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6297
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6297
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:27:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:15:55 2017-02-27T07:59Z 2017-02-27T07:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:15:55 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:15:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated