Denial of service in Fortinet FortiWeb
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2020-29019 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-121 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Fortinet FortiWeb Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH |
| Vendor | Fortinet, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU49280
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29019
CWE-ID:
CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing HTTP cookies. A remote authenticated user can send a specially crafted HTTP request with a malformed HTTP cookies and crash the httpd daemon.
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Vulnerable software versionsFortinet FortiWeb: 6.2.0 - 6.3.7
External linkshttp://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/%20FG-IR-20-126
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
