SANS ISC Stormcast, Jan 14 2025: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, FortiOS and FortiProxy Patches; Paessler PRTG Patches

SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast)

Today, Microsoft Patch Tuesday headlines our news with Microsoft patching 209 vulnerabilities, some
of which have already been exploited. Fortinet suspects a so far unpatched Node.js authentication
bypass to be behind some recent exploits of FortiOS and FortiProxy devices.
Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday
This month's Microsoft patch update addresses a total of 209 vulnerabilities, including 12 classified as critical. Among these, 3 vulnerabilities have been actively exploited in the wild, and 5 have been disclosed prior to the patch release, marking them as zero-days.
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31590
Fortinet Security Advisory FG-IR-24-535 CVE-2024-55591
An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability [CWE-288] affecting FortiOS and FortiProxy may allow a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to Node.js websocket module.
https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-535
PRTG Network Monitor Update:
Update for an already exploited XSS vulnerability in Paesler PRTG Network Monitor CVE-2024-12833
https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable