Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Fortinet FortiSwitch, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, and FortiAP

CVE-2019-17657

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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