High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17537
CVE-2017-17537
Description
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routerboard:6.39.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routerboard:6.39.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:routerboard:6.40.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: v6.39.2, v6.40.5
Patches
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References
1- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43200/nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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