Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-16152
CVE-2019-16152
Description
A Denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow an user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root privilege crashes via sending specially crafted IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the nanomsg not been correctly validated.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:fortinet:forticlient:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*range: <=6.2.1
- (no CPE)range: <=6.2.1
- (no CPE)range: FortiClientLinux 6.2.1 and below
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- danishcyberdefence.dk/blog/forticlient_linuxnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-238nvdVendor Advisory
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