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New Vulnerability Coverage - Mar 1, 2012

IPS Definition DB VersionsCoverage Release Date
3.150 - 3.156 Feb 15, 2012 - Feb 28, 2012
SeverityNumber of VulnerabilitiesActive Exploitation
Critical3618
High4612
Medium1610
Low64
Info11
Total10545

Foreword

The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 45 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.

For more information, visit the FortiGuard Center at www.fortiguardcenter.com.


Threat Remediation

Fortinet provides coverage for the vulnerabilities described below as of the 3.156 IPS Definitions database update. A brief description of each vulnerability is provided as follows, in order of severity.

Critical ( 11 )


High ( 18 )


Medium ( 6 )


Low ( 3 )


Info ( 1 )



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Enhanced Coverage

The FortiGuard Threat Research team updates security content as new vectors of exploitation are discovered. The table below details the security content enhanced with this release.

Critical ( 40 )


High ( 58 )


Medium ( 28 )


Low ( 5 )



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Active Exploitation

The FortiGuard Threat Research team uses globally distributed probes to monitor exploit activity. Vulnerabilities can be classified as active and given a magnitude level. The magnitude level is the rate of activity across the probes. The value of the magnitude is set to low, medium or high.

The table below lists the vulnerabilities discussed in this bulletin (specifically new and enhanced detection) and their corresponding exploit activity magnitude. The data below is as of this writing.

Critical ( 18 of 36 )


High ( 12 of 46 )


Medium ( 10 of 16 )


Low ( 4 of 6 )


Info ( 1 of 1 )



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