High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8338
CVE-2017-8338
Description
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.
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References
4- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/59nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017050062nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/142538/MikroTik-RouterBoard-6.38.5-Denial-Of-Service.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.phpnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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