Check Point Advisories

Mikrotik Router Remote Denial Of Service (CVE-2012-6050)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-1126
Date Published:	26 Dec 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 03 January, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-6050
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Mikrotis RouterOS 2.9.6 up to 5.15.
Vulnerability Description	A vulnerability in the Winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have additional impact via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mikrotik Router Remote Denial Of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Mikrotik Router Remote Denial Of Service