Should I have specific concerns with the routers coming back online after a
firmware upgrade?

Coordinating access to one of my locations takes some effort, and
particularly for after-hours work.  I don't want to have an unnecessary
daytime outage to upgrade while on-site.  I've upgraded on the bench
without a second thought, but want to plan accordingly.  I'd rather upgrade
while on-site if there is any real concern about equipment not coming
back.  I regularly upgrade other equipment without a second thought.

tim

On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:42 AM Wireless Administrator <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Am I correct to assume that input firewall rules limiting access to the
> router (Network Admin static IP) minimizes/eliminates the exposure or does
> this hack somehow bypass filter rules?
>
>
>
> Steve B.
>
>
>
> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dave
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2018 4:07 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Unauthorized Mikrotik winbox Login made changes
>
>
>
> My power router v4 is still on 6.27 because of some hardware driver issue
> for support of sfp modules.
> Last time I made the move to upgrade to 6.40 all of my sfp ports started
> flapping and would not stabilize no matter what I tried.
> Ive been watching the change logs and it seems there were some driver
> upgrades between 6.39 -6.42
>
> I have ordered all new sfp modules in hopes of correcting this on the next
> upgrade.
>
> On 07/17/2018 08:43 AM, Dennis Burgess wrote:
>
> Correct, need to get those updated.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer *
>
> Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition”
>
> *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services
>
> *Office*: 314-735-0270  Website: http://www.linktechs.net
>
> Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com
>
>
>
> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On Behalf
> Of *Nick W
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2018 5:45 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Unauthorized Mikrotik winbox Login made changes
>
>
>
> Based on those versions you listed, it sounds like the Winbox
> vulnerability described here:
> https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=133533
>
>
>
> Password complexity isn't really the issue since they could connect and
> download the unencrypted user database file. Firewall off Winbox and/or
> upgrade. Run 6.40.8+ for bugfix or 6.42.1+ for current.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:01 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I just happened to be looking through the Logs of a couple Mikrotiks
> that I didn't have Winbox Firewalled off From the outside world. Someone
> from the outside world logged into winbox today.  I had what I 'thought'
> were strong passwords on them.  The only active service on the router is
> the Winbox Service.
>
> The only changes that were made was they enabled the 'socks' server, and
> added input firewall rule for the socks port.  They were in and out of
> the router in a matter of seconds, so it looks like it was scripted
> somehow.
>
> I'm going through now and changing passwords and verifying all routers
> are locked from the outside.  On the routers that I've found this on,
> all the logins were sourced from this same IP Address.  So far the
> affected routers I've found were running versions 6.39-6.41.3
>
> Might be a good time to check your logs and access controls.
>
>
> jul/15 02:29:14 system,info,account user admin logged in from
> 194.40.240.254 via winbox
> jul/15 02:29:17 system,info,account user admin logged in from
> 194.40.240.254 via telnet
> jul/15 02:29:18 system,info socks config changed by admin
> jul/15 02:29:18 system,info filter rule added by admin
> jul/15 02:29:19 system,info,account user admin logged out from
> 194.40.240.254 via winbox
> jul/15 02:29:19 system,info,account user admin logged out from
> 194.40.240.254 via telnet
>
>
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