CVE-2015-1452

Description

The Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (locked CAPWAP Access Controller) via a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.98% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory fortiguard.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/125 mailing list
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/Fortinet_FortiOS_Multiple_Vulnerabilities.pdf
http://www.fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-15-002/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61661 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72383 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1452?
CVE-2015-1452 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1452?
To fix CVE-2015-1452, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1452 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-1452 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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