CVE-2017-7285 Denial of service in n/a
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exhaust CPU resources via TCP RST floods, causing denial of service on MikroTik routers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-7285?
CVE-2017-7285 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, published on 29 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the network stack of MikroTik Version 6.38.5 released 2017-03-09 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU via a flood of TCP RST packets, preventing the affected router from accepting new TCP connections.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7285?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mikrotik Routeros.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7285?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-7285 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7285 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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- CVE-2018-14847 MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal
- CVE-2026-67277 MikroTik RouterOS Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2026-67279 Mikrotik RouterOS Improper Enforcement of Behavioral Workflow
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8754-hm6g-jhw5.