CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-1452

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The CAPWAP daemon in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 is vulnerable to an attack that can lead to denial of service by sending a large number of ClientHello DTLS messages from remote attackers.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can lock the CAPWAP Access Controller, leading to service availability disruptions within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of FortiOS to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor DTLS traffic for potential attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS