FortiGuard Center

New Vulnerability Coverage




Threat Type: Multiple Vulnerabilities
IPS Definition
Database Versions:
2.476 - 2.481
Coverage Release Date: Mar 06, 2008 - Mar 18, 2008
Published Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Version #: 1
  
Severity Number of
Vulnerabilities
Active
Exploitation
Critical238
High208
Medium145
Low31
Info4n/a
Total6422

Foreword

The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 22 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.

For more information, visit the FortiGuard Center at www.fortiguardcenter.com.


Threat Remediation

Fortinet provides coverage for the vulnerabilities described below as of the 2.481 IPS Definitions database update. A brief description of each vulnerability is provided as follows, in order of severity.

plus  Critical ( 9 )

plus  High ( 13 )

plus  Medium ( 4 )

plus  Low ( 1 )


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Enhanced Coverage

The FortiGuard Threat Research team updates security content as new vectors of exploitation are discovered. The table below details the security content enhanced with this release.

plus  Critical ( 14 )

plus  High ( 7 )

plus  Medium ( 10 )

plus  Low ( 2 )

plus  Info ( 4 )


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Active Exploitation

The FortiGuard Threat Research team uses globally distributed probes to monitor exploit activity. Vulnerabilities can be classified as active and given a magnitude level. The magnitude level is the rate of activity across the probes. The value of the magnitude is set to low, medium or high.

The table below lists the vulnerabilities discussed in this bulletin and their corresponding exploit activity magnitude. The data below is as of this writing.

plus  Critical ( 8 of 22 )

plus  High ( 8 of 20 )

plus  Medium ( 5 of 13 )

plus  Low ( 1 of 3 )


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Document History

Revision Date Version Number
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1 Initial Documentation.


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