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Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-6909)

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Fortinet FortiOS: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer (CVE-2016-6909)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/24/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/15/2017
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Buffer overflow in the Cookie parser in Fortinet FortiOS 4.x before 4.1.11, 4.2.x before 4.2.13, and 4.3.x before 4.3.9 and FortiSwitch before 3.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, aka EGREGIOUSBLUNDER.

Solution(s)

  • fortios-upgrade-4_1_11
  • fortios-upgrade-4_2_13
  • fortios-upgrade-4_3_9

References

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