Germany-based cybersecurity company Genua has fast-tracked a fix for a critical flaw in one of its firewall products. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow local attackers to bypass authentication measures and log in to internal company networks with the highest level of privileges.
Genua says it offers more than 20 security solutions for encrypting data communication via the internet, remotely maintaining systems, securely accessing remote data and more – used by anything from critical infrastructure companies to German federal agencies. Affected by the critical flaws is the GenuGate High Resistance Firewall, which Genua touts as a two-tier firewall that includes an application-level gateway and a packet filter for blocking malicious data.
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Source: ThreatPost