Vulnerabilities Exploited in Multiple VPN Applications

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Vulnerabilities Exploited in Multiple VPN Applications [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/10/04/vulnerabilities-exploited-multiple-vpn-applications ] 
10/04/2019 03:09 PM EDT 
Original release date: October 4, 2019

The United Kingdom (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released an alert on advanced persistent threat (APT) 
actors exploiting vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications. A remote attacker could exploit these 
vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages administrators to review the NCSC Alert [ 
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/alert-vpn-vulnerabilities ] for more information and to review the following security 
advisories and apply the necessary updates:


  * Palo Alto Security Advisory PAN-SA-2019-0020 [ 
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/(X(1)S(klphdezgerjfyhnvfqkwlgqu))/Home/Detail/158?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
 ] 
  * FortiGuard Security Advisory FG-IR-18-384 [ https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-18-384 ] 
  * FortiGuard Security Advisory FG-IR-18-388 [ https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-18-388 ] 
  * FortiGuard Security Advisory FG-IR-18-389 [ https://fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-18-389 ] 
  * Pulse Secure Security Advisory SA44101 [ https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101 ] 

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