SolarWinds security advisory

Number: AV21-063
Date: 5 February 2021

On 3 February Trustwave published security advisories on vulnerabilities affecting the following products:

  •  SolarWinds Orion Platform – versions prior to 2020.2.4
  •  SolarWinds Serv-U FTP – versions prior to 15.2.2 Hotfix 1

Exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow code execution and privilege escalation on an affected system.

The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided web links and apply the necessary updates.

Multiple Vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=28389
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/Success_Center/orionplatform/content/release_notes/orion_platform_2020-2-4_release_notes.htm

Weak ACLs Vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U FTP Server 15.2.1 on Windows
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=28396


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