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FortiGate FTP Anti-Virus Scanning Bypass Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA20720  
Release Date: 2006-06-21
Last Update: 2008-05-15

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 2.x
Fortinet FortiOS (FortiGate) 3.x


CVE reference:CVE-2006-3222 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in FortiGate, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the FortiGate FTP proxy when handling the ESPV command. This can be exploited to bypass the virus scanning functionality by an FTP client that uses the EPSV mode for file transfers.

The vulnerability has been reported in all FortiGate models that uses the FTP Anti-Virus gateway scanning service.

Solution:
Update to FortiOS 2.80 MR12 release or FortiOS 3.0 MR2 release.

Users can contact Fortinet Tech Support to obtain the updated firmware.

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits a recent magazine test review article.

Changelog:
2006-06-28: Added CVE reference.
2008-05-15: Updated link in "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2006-15.html



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3 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. FortiGate URL Filter and Virus Scanning Bypass Vulnerabilities
2. Fortinet Products ISAKMP IKE Message Processing Vulnerabilities
3. FortiOS Log File Cross Site Scripting


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