Tagged "CVE"

Recently, Mikrotik added a REST server as a new API for managing the router. It is a nice alternative to their proprietary API when automating RouterOS.

However, young software usually contains bugs. Sometimes, these bugs are security-related, and, together with not-so-safe defaults, they may create a vulnerability.

A few months ago, as part of our investigations on IPv6 security in the NetSecurityLab @ Sapienza University, we discovered a vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass rules in pf-based IPv6 firewalls in particular conditions. Let’s see some details of this vulnerability.