CVE-2019-3977

published 2019-10-29

CVE-2019-3977: RouterOS 6.45.6 Stable, RouterOS 6.44.5 Long-term, and below insufficiently validate where upgrade packages are download from when using the autoupgrade…

Priority P3 38 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I H A N

ITW

RouterOS 6.45.6 Stable, RouterOS 6.44.5 Long-term, and below insufficiently validate where upgrade packages are download from when using the autoupgrade feature. Therefore, a remote attacker can trick the router into "upgrading" to an older version of RouterOS and possibly reseting all the system's usernames and passwords.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
giflib_project	giflib	>= 0 < 5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1	5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1
giflib_project	giflib	>= 0 < 5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1	5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1
mikrotik	routeros	<= 6.44.5	—
mikrotik	routeros	<= 6.45.6	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd v2.0 8.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:P

osv 5.5 MEDIUM

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