FortiGuard Intrusion Prevention System

The FortiGuard Intrusion Prevention Service provides Fortinet customers with the latest defenses against stealthy network-level threats. It uses a customizable database of more than 4000 known threats to enable FortiGate and FortiWiFi appliances to stop attacks that evade conventional firewall defenses. It also provides behavior-based heuristics, enabling the system to recognize threats for which no signature has yet been developed. The combination of known and unknown threat prevention enables FortiGate systems to stop the most damaging attacks at the network border regardless of whether the network is a wired, wireless, partner extranet, or branch office network connection. Additionally, the FortiGuard IPS provides more than 1000 application identity signatures for complete application control. IPS signature updates are provided quickly via the global FortiGuard distribution network.

The table below lists the latest vulnerabilities that are currently prevalent.

VulnerabilitySeverityDate Protected
TCP.Out.Of.Range.TimestamplowDec 01. 2009
Gumblar.BotnetcriticalJan 12. 2010
Cross.Site.ScriptingmediumOct 22. 2009
MS.IE.Userdata.Behavior.Code.ExecutioncriticalMar 11. 2010
HTML.Hidden.IframemediumJul 02. 2009
Sasfis.BotnethighFeb 05. 2010
Waledac.BotnetcriticalOct 22. 2009
Aurora.Backdoor.CChighFeb 02. 2010
MS.IE.Event.Invalid.Pointer.Memory.CorruptioncriticalJan 19. 2010
Zeus.BotnethighOct 26. 2009

FortiGuard Encyclopedia
FortiGuard Encyclopedia contains detailed descriptions of known viruses, spyware, vulnerabilities and applications.

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Severity Levels
Learn how the FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team provides severity rating on the coverage of vulnerabilities.

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