Security Advisory: SonicOS Vulnerability In Firewall Web Management Interface
DESCRIPTION:
SonicWall physical and virtual firewalls running certain versions of SonicOS may contain a vulnerability that could be leveraged for an unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack by sending a specially crafted POST request to the web interface.
At this time, there is no indication that the discovered vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.
SonicWall STRONGLY advises customers to apply the respective SonicOS patch immediately. See below for specific SonicOS versions.
IMPACT
The vulnerability requires Web Management to be enabled on the WAN/LAN interface and requires the precondition of an ongoing active management session. For example, an administrator is logged into the web interface or Global Management System (GMS) / Network Security Manager (NSM) are configured to manage the firewall over HTTPS on the WAN interface.
Other GMS/NSM management modes, enumerated below, are not impacted while WAN management is disabled on the firewall.
The SSL-VPN portal on the firewall, Virtual Office, is NOT affected.
| Implementation | Impact |
| GMS IPSec tunnel mode | Not Impacted |
| GMS Existing VPN tunnel mode | Not Impacted |
| GMS Zero Touch | Not Impacted |
| NSM Zero Touch | Not Impacted |
| GMS Management (Zero Touch Mode) | Not Impacted |
| NSM Management (Zero Touch Mode) | Not Impacted |
RESOLUTION
Updating SonicOS Firmware (Recommended)
After reviewing this security advisory, please go to MySonicWall and download the appropriate SonicOS patch release from the table below. The following article provides information on “How to Update SonicOS Firmware.”
TEMPORARY MITIGATION: RESTRICT ACCESS TO SONICWALL MANAGEMENT
Until the below patches can be applied, SonicWall strongly recommends that administrators limit SonicOS management access to trusted sources (and/or disable management access from untrusted internet sources) by modifying the existing SonicOS Management access rules (SSH/HTTPS/HTTP Management). This will only allow management access from trusted source IP addresses.
Please refer to the following knowledgebase articles:
- Suggested tips when allowing access to SonicWall web management
- How to restrict Admin access to the device
In addition, it is a recommended practice to update the default management port to a custom port to prevent attacks on well-known ports.
SONICOS PATCH RELEASES
In the table below, find the existing SonicOS version that a firewall is currently running (SonicOS Running Version). Select the SonicOS patch release from the same row, download that version from MySonicWall, and update the SonicOS firmware using the steps linked above.
| Platforms | SonicOS Running Version | SonicOS Patch Release (Update to version or later) |
| TZ, NSa (GEN7) | 7.0.1-R1262 and older | 7.0.1-R1456 |
| NSv (Virtual GEN7) | 7.0.1-R1219 and older | 7.0.1-R1282/1283 |
| NSsp (GEN7) | 7.0.1-R514 and older | 7.0.1-R579 |
| NSa, TZ, SOHO W, SuperMassive 92xx/94xx/96xx (GEN6+) | 6.5.4.7 and older | 6.5.4.8-89n |
| NSv (Virtual: VMWare/Hyper-V/AWS/Azure/KVM) | All versions (virtual) | 6.5.4.v_21s-1288 |
| NSsp 12K, SuperMassive 9800 | 6.5.1.12-1n and older | 6.5.1.12-3n |
| SuperMassive 10K | 6.0.5.3-94o and older | TBD/Pending |
| NSA, TZ, SOHO (GEN5) | 5.9.1.13 and older | TBD/Pending |
SonicWall has provided patches for recent major and minor releases, as shown in the table above. For devices with hotfixes or language-specific releases, please follow the instructions above to restrict SonicWall management access (HTTPS/HTTP/SSH) to trusted sources and/or disable management access from untrusted internet sources. Once complete, coordinate with SonicWall support to select the appropriate patch with the hotfix.
