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The L2TP Client in MikroTik RouterOS versions 6.38.3 and 6.37.4 does not enable IPsec encryption after a reboot, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to view transmitted data unencrypted and gain access to networks on the L2TP server by monitoring the packets for the transmitted data and obtaining the L2TP secret

Published Feb 27, 2017

Description

The L2TP Client in MikroTik RouterOS versions 6.38.3 and 6.37.4 does not enable IPsec encryption after a reboot, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to view transmitted data unencrypted and gain access to networks on the L2TP server by monitoring the packets for the transmitted data and obtaining the L2TP secret.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-311

Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References (2)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 27, 2017
Updated Sep 16, 2026
Reserved Feb 23, 2017
Link CVE-2017-6297
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Sep 16, 2026
Link CVE-2017-6297
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2017-6297