FortiGuard Advisory (FGA-2006-23)
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in FortiReporter Fortinet advises that a recently discovered vulnerability has been found in the FortiReporter product . The Fortinet Engineering team has reviewed it and provided a fix for it. Vulnerability description: The vulnerability specifically exists within the Syslog daemon, syslogserver.exe, during the processing of long arguments passed through various commands on TCP port 10617. The following commands are known to be affected:
Fortinet's Analysis: Using long argument strings with the above cases results in a classic buffer overflow. Products affected: All FortiReporter products running versions earlier than 4.5.3 Risk: Risk is medium to high depending on if the server is accessible to the public. Solution: Engineering has patched the syslogserver.exe daemon in version 4.5.3 to now check arguments so that buffer overflows can not occur. You may obtain the latest firmware from Fortinets web site at : FortiReporter Disclaimer: Although Fortinet has attempted to provide accurate information in these materials, Fortinet assumes no legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information. More specific information is available on request from Fortinet. Please note that Fortinet's product information does not constitute or contain any guarantee, warranty or legally binding representation, unless expressly identified as such in a duly signed writing. About Fortinet ( www.fortinet.com ): Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection--including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and anti-spam -- designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified in six programs by ICSA Labs: (Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and Anti-Spyware). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California. |
