CVE-2019-17657 json
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiM…
published 2020-04-07 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7963
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.4%
- EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- fortinet fortianalyzer 6.2.3
- fortinet fortiap-s 6.2.2
- fortinet fortiap-w2 6.2.2
- fortinet fortimanager 6.2.3
- fortinet fortiswitch 3.6.11, 6.0.6, 6.2.2
- apache2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +12 more 2.4.48-r0
alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-17657
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CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
2.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- n/a Fortinet FortiSwitch
- n/a FortiAnalyzer
- n/a FortiManager
- n/a FortiAP-S/W2
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- Technology feeds
References
-
fortiguard.com
/psirt/FG-IR-19-013
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-17657
- NVD CVE-2019-17657
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