Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Fortinet FortiSwitch, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiAP
CVE-2019-17657

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Fortinet
Status
Fortinet Fortiswitch
Fortianalyzer
Fortimanager
Fortiap-s/w2
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 April 2020

What is CVE-2019-17657?

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability exists in Fortinet's FortiSwitch, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiAP products. This issue allows an attacker to exploit specially crafted HTTP requests and responses, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on the admin webUI. The vulnerability is particularly sensitive to Slow HTTP DoS attacks, which can disrupt the normal operation of these devices and affect service availability.

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Affected Version(s)

FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3

FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2

FortiManager below 6.2.3

References

https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-013
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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