Check Point Advisories

MikroTik RouterOS Buffer Overflow (CVE-2018-7445)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-0179
Date Published: 20 Mar 2018
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 26 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-7445
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? MikroTik RouterOS before versions 6.41.3/6.42rc27
Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in MikroTik RouterOS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the MikroTik RouterOS Buffer Overflow (CVE-2018-7445) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  MikroTik RouterOS Buffer Overflow (CVE-2018-7445)

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