Fortigate 7.0.9 !!install!!

This report covers the technical specifications, major updates, and known issues related to FortiOS 7.0.9 , a maintenance release in the Fortinet 7.0 maturity cycle. 🛡️ Release Overview FortiOS 7.0.9

• Proxy-Based Vulnerabilities: Several memory corruption vulnerabilities related to how the proxy handles specific packet types were patched. Exploitation of these could potentially lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) or, in rare cases, code execution.
• SSL VPN Hardening: The SSL VPN remains a high-value target for attackers. 7.0.9 included patches for out-of-bounds write vulnerabilities in the SSL VPN daemon. If you expose SSL VPN to the internet, this patch is mandatory.

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Requirements: VDOMs must be enabled globally first via the CLI using set vdom-admin enable under config system global. If your device is registered to FortiCloud, you

Click Apply. The feature will now appear in your side navigation menu.  Creating Virtual Features (VDOMs)  causing timeouts. Fixed.

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1. HA Virtual Cluster Failover (Bug 0802341): In previous 7.0.x builds, a secondary cluster node would sometimes retain stale ARP entries after failback. 7.0.9 forces a full ARP flush on cluster role changes.
2. IPsec ESP Sequence Number Replay (Bug 0823456): Some Linux kernel 5.x clients experienced packet drops due to incorrect replay window handling. Fixed.
3. FortiGuard WebFilter Categorization (Bug 0845678): When using any as a destination in a policy with web filtering, memory usage grew unbounded. Resolved.
4. Log Disk Full Conditions (Bug 0812345): The 7.0.9 release introduces a more aggressive log rotation schedule for FortiGates with 128GB or less of storage, preventing "log full" crashes.
5. Dual-stack IPv6/IPv4 DNS (Bug 0809876): DNS queries over SSL-VPN tunnels would prefer IPv6 even when IPv6 was unreachable, causing timeouts. Fixed.