Sophos Update
3249Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
28 April, 2020
● Critical
2020-1182
All
Description:
Sophos has released security update to address a vulnerability in the following product:
- All versions of XG Firewall/SFOS (both physical and virtual firewalls).
Threats:
Remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing arbitrary SQL queries in database.
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to update the firewall to the hotfix SFOS 17.0, 17.1, 17.5, 18.0. After the hotfix is applied:
- Reset device administrator accounts.
- Reboot the XG device(s).
- Reset passwords for all local user accounts.
Saudi CERT also recommends enabling the automatic installation of hotfixes:
- Navigate to Backup & firmware
- Firmwar
- Hotfix
- Enable Allow automatic installation of hotfixes
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