CVE-2019-17657
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6...
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
- Record
CVE-2019-17657- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
- Record
CVE-2019-17657- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-7963 No score
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2019-7963- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j8g4-vw7x-cwpr No score
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6...
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
- Record
GHSA-j8g4-vw7x-cwpr- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-17657
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-17657- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-17657
CVE-2019-17657 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2019-17657- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSwitch below 3.6.11, 6.0.6 and 6.2.2, FortiAnalyzer below 6.2.3, FortiManager below 6.2.3 and FortiAP-S/W2 below 6.2.2 may allow an attacker to cause admin webUI denial of service (DoS) via handling special crafted HTTP requests/responses in pieces slowly, as demonstrated by Slow HTTP DoS Attacks.
- Record
CVE-2019-17657- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
apache2Alpine:v3.10 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.11 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.12 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.13 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.14 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.15 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.16 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.17 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.18 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
apache2Alpine:v3.19 |
before 2.4.48-r0 | 2.4.48-r0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-17657 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Fortinet Fortianalyzer, published April 7, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.44%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in apache2 2.4.48-r0.