CVE-2019-17657

Published: Apr 7, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.

Affected (7)

Products: Fortinet: Fortianalyzer, Fortiap S, Fortiap W2, Fortimanager, Fortiswitch

5 products

Configuration A

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fortinet Fortianalyzer	Before 6.2.3
Fortinet Fortiap S	Before 6.2.2
Fortinet Fortiap W2	Before 6.2.2
Fortinet Fortimanager	Before 6.2.3
Fortinet Fortiswitch	Before 3.6.11
Fortinet Fortiswitch	From 6.0.0 to 6.0.6
Fortinet Fortiswitch	From 6.2.0 to 6.2.2

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (2)

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

Source: psirt@fortinet.com

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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