7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%
An issue discovered in MikroTik Router v6.46.3 and earlier allows attacker to cause denial of service via misconfiguration in the SSH daemon.
This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(502047);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-20021");
script_name(english:"MikroTik RouterOS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2020-20021)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An issue discovered in MikroTik Router v6.46.3 and earlier allows
attacker to cause denial of service via misconfiguration in the SSH
daemon.
This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://mikrotik.com");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://router.com");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48228");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-20021");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(400);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/07/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/02/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/MikroTik");
exit(0);
}
include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');
get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/MikroTik');
var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'MikroTik');
var vuln_cpes = {
"cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros" :
{"versionEndIncluding" : "6.46.3", "family" : "RouterOS"}
};
tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
28.8%