Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in Fortinet, Inc products - CVE-2022-29056
Published: April 12, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74994
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29056
CWE-ID: CWE-307
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. A remote attacker can send numerous HTTP requests to the login form and partially exhaust CPU and memory resources.
Affected software
FortiDeceptor
FortiAuthenticator
FortiMail
FortiAuthenticator
FortiMail
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29056
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiDeceptor - update to 3.2.0
FortiAuthenticator - update to 6.5.0
FortiMail - addressed in versions 6.0.10, 6.2.5, 6.4.1
FortiAuthenticator - update to 6.5.0
FortiMail - addressed in versions 6.0.10, 6.2.5, 6.4.1