Introduction
This document provides the following information for FortiOS 5.4.6 build 1165:
| FortiGate | FG-30D, FG-30E, FG-30D-POE, FG-50E, FG-51E, FG-60D, FG-60D-POE, FG-70D,
FG-70D-POE, FG-80C, FG-80CM, FG-80D, FG-90D, FG-90D-POE, FG-92D, FG94D-POE, FG-98D-POE, FG-100D, FG-140D, FG-140D-POE, FG- 200D, FG-200DPOE, FG-240D, FG-240D-POE, FG-280D-POE, FG-300D, FG-400D, FG-500D, FG- 600C, FG-600D, FG-800C, FG-800D, FG-900D, FG-1000C, FG-1000D, FG-1200D, FG-1500D, FG-1500DT, FG-3000D, FG-3100D, FG-3200D, FG-3240C, FG-3600C, FG-3700D, FG-3700DX, FG-3800D, FG-3810D, FG-3815D, FG-5001C, FG-5001D |
| FortiWiFi | FWF-30D, FWF-30E, FWF-30D-POE, FWF-50E, FWF-51E, FWF-60D, FWF-60D-POE, FWF-80CM, FWF-81CM, FWF-90D, FWF-90D-POE |
| FortiGate Rugged | FGR-60D, FGR-90D |
| FortiGate VM | FG-SVM, FG-VM64, FG-VM64-AWS, FG-VM64-AWSONDEMAND, FG-VM64-HV, FG-VM64-KVM, FG-VMX, FG-VM64-XEN
FortiOS 5.4.6 supports the additional CPU cores through a license update on the following VM models: l VMware 16, 32, unlimited l KVM 16 l Hyper-V 16, 32, unlimited |
| Pay-as-you-go images | FOS-VM64, FOS-VM64-KVM |
| FortiOS Carrier | FortiOS Carrier 5.4.6 images are delivered upon request and are not available on the customer support firmware download page. |
l Special Notices l Upgrade Information l Product Integration and Support l Resolved Issues l Known Issues l Limitations
See the Fortinet Document Library for FortiOS documentation.
Supported models
FortiOS 5.4.6 supports the following models.
Introduction Supported models
Special branch supported models
The following models are released on a special branch of FortiOS 5.4.6. To confirm that you are running the correct build, run the CLI command get system status and check that the Branch point field shows 1165.
| FGR-30D | is released on build 7686. |
| FGR-35D | is released on build 7686. |
| FGR-30D-A | is released on build 7686. |
| FG-30E-MI | is released on build 6406. |
| FG-30E-MN | is released on build 6406. |
| FWF-30E-MI | is released on build 6406. |
| FWF-30E-MN | is released on build 6406. |
| FWF-50E-2R | is released on build 7688. |
| FG-52E | is released on build 6401. |
| FG-60E | is released on build 6408. |
| FWF-60E | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-61E | is released on build 6408. |
| FWF-61E | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-80E | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-80E-POE | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-81E | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-81E-POE | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-90E | is released on build 6405. |
| FG-90E-POE | is released on build 6405. |
| FG-91E | is released on build 6405. |
| FWF-92D | is released on build 7687. |
| FG-100E | is released on build 6408. |
What’s new in FortiOS 5.4.6 Introduction
| FG-100EF | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-101E | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-140E | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-140E-POE | is released on build 6408. |
| FG-200E | is released on build 6402. |
| FG-201E | is released on build 6402. |
| FG-300E | is released on build 4075. |
| FG-301E | is released on build 4075. |
| FG-500E | is released on build 4075. |
| FG-501E | is released on build 4075. |
| FG-2000E | is released on build 6403. |
| FG-2500E | is released on build 6403. |
| FG-3960E | is released on build 6404. |
| FG-3980E | is released on build 6404. |
| FG-5001E | is released on build 6400. |
| FG-VM64-AZURE | is released on build 6399. |
| FG-VM64-AZUREONDEMAND | is released on build 6399. |
What’s new in FortiOS 5.4.6
For a detailed list of new features and enhancements that have been made in FortiOS 5.4.6, see the What’s New forFortiOS 5.4.6 document available in the Fortinet Document Library.
Special Notices
Built-In Certificate
FortiGate and FortiWiFi D-series and above have a built in Fortinet_Factory certificate with an RSA 2048-bit key; and FortiOS supports DH group 14 for key-exchange.
Default log setting change
For FG-5000 blades, log disk is disabled by default. It can only be enabled via CLI. For all 2U & 3U models (FG-3600/FG-3700/FG-3800), log disk is also disabled by default. For all 1U models and desktop models that supports SATA disk, log disk is enabled by default.
FortiAnalyzer Support
In version 5.4, encrypting logs between FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer is handled via SSL encryption. The IPsec option is no longer available and users should reconfigure in GUI or CLI to select the SSL encryption option as needed.
Removed SSL/HTTPS/SMTPS/IMAPS/POP3S
SSL/HTTPS/SMTPS/IMAPS/POP3S options were removed from server-load-balance on low end models below FG-100D except FG-80C and FG-80CM.
FortiGate and FortiWiFi-92D Hardware Limitation
FortiOS 5.4.0 reported an issue with the FG-92D model in the Special Notices > FG-92D High Availability in Interface Mode section of the release notes. Those issues, which were related to the use of port 1 through 14, include:
- PPPoE failing, HA failing to form l IPv6 packets being dropped l FortiSwitch devices failing to be discovered
- Spanning tree loops may result depending on the network topology
FG-92D and FWF-92D do not support STP. These issues have been improved in FortiOS 5.4.1, but with some side effects with the introduction of a new command, which is enabled by default:
config system global set hw-switch-ether-filter <enable | disable>
FG-900D and FG-1000D Special Notices
When the command is enabled:
- ARP (0x0806), IPv4 (0x0800), and VLAN (0x8100) packets are allowed l BPDUs are dropped and therefore no STP loop results l PPPoE packets are dropped l IPv6 packets are dropped l FortiSwitch devices are not discovered l HA may fail to form depending the network topology
When the command is disabled:
- All packet types are allowed, but depending on the network topology, an STP loop may result
FG-900D and FG-1000D
CAPWAP traffic will not offload if the ingress and egress traffic ports are on different NP6 chips. It will only offload if both ingress and egress ports belong to the same NP6 chip.
FG-3700DX
CAPWAP Tunnel over the GRE tunnel (CAPWAP + TP2 card) is not supported.
FortiGate units managed by FortiManager 5.0 or 5.2
Any FortiGate unit managed by FortiManager 5.0.0 or 5.2.0 may report installation failures on newly created VDOMs, or after a factory reset of the FortiGate unit even after a retrieve and re-import policy.
FortiClient Support
Only FortiClient 5.4.1 and later is supported with FortiOS 5.4.1 and later. Upgrade managed FortiClients to 5.4.1 or later before upgrading FortiGate to 5.4.1 or later.
Consider the FortiClient license before upgrading. Full featured FortiClient 5.2 and 5.4 licenses will carry over into FortiOS 5.4.1 and later. Depending on your organization’s needs, you might need to purchase a FortiClient EMS license for endpoint provisioning. Contact your sales representative for guidance on the appropriate licensing for your organization.
The perpetual FortiClient 5.0 license (including the 5.2 limited feature upgrade) will not carry over into FortiOS 5.4.1 and later. You need to purchase a new license for either FortiClient EMS or FortiGate. A license is compatible with 5.4.1 and later if the SKU begins with FC-10-C010.
Special Notices FortiClient (Mac OS X) SSL VPN Requirements
FortiClient (Mac OS X) SSL VPN Requirements
When using SSL VPN on Mac OS X 10.8, you must enable SSLv3 in FortiOS.
FortiGate-VM 5.4 for VMware ESXi
Upon upgrading to FortiOS 5.4.6, FortiGate-VM v5.4 for VMware ESXi (all models), no longer supports the VMXNET2 vNIC driver.
FortiClient Profile Changes
With introduction of the Cooperative Security Fabric in FortiOS, FortiClient profiles will be updated on FortiGate. FortiClient profiles and FortiGate are now primarily used for Endpoint Compliance, and FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) is now used for FortiClient deployment and provisioning.
In the FortiClient profile on FortiGate, when you set the Non-Compliance Action setting to Auto-Update, the
FortiClient profile supports limited provisioning for FortiClient features related to compliance, such as AntiVirus,
Web Filter, Vulnerability Scan, and Application Firewall. When you set the Non-Compliance Action setting to Block or Warn, you can also use FortiClient EMS to provision endpoints, if they require additional other features, such as VPN tunnels or other advanced options. For more information, see the FortiOS Handbook – Security
Profiles.
When you upgrade to FortiOS 5.4.1 and later, the FortiClient provisioning capability will no longer be available in FortiClient profiles on FortiGate. FortiGate will be used for endpoint compliance and Cooperative Security Fabric integration, and FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) should be used for creating custom FortiClient installers as well as deploying and provisioning FortiClient on endpoints. For more information on licensing of EMS, contact your sales representative.
FortiPresence
FortiPresence users must change the FortiGate web administration TLS version in order to allow the connections on all versions of TLS. Use the following CLI command.
config system global set admin-https-ssl-versions tlsv1-0 tlsv1-1 tlsv1-2
end
Log Disk Usage
Users are able to toggle disk usage between Logging and WAN Optimization for single disk FortiGates.
To view a list of supported FortiGate models, refer to the FortiOS 5.4.0 Feature Platform Matrix.
SSL VPN setting page Special Notices
SSL VPN setting page
The default server certificate has been changed to the Fortinet_Factory option. This excludes FortiGateVMs which remain at the self-signed option. For details on importing a CA signed certificate, please see the How to purchase and import a signed SSL certificate document.
FG-30E-3G4G and FWF-30E-3G4G MODEM Firmware Upgrade
The 3G4G MODEM firmware on the FG-30E-3G4G and FWF-30E-3G4G models may require updating. Upgrade instructions and the MODEM firmware have been uploaded to the Fortinet CustomerService & Support site.
Log in and go to Download > Firmware. In the Select Product list, select FortiGate, and click the Download tab. The upgrade instructions are in the following directory:
…/FortiGate/v5.00/5.4/Sierra-Wireless-3G4G-MODEM-Upgrade/
Use of dedicated management interfaces (mgmt1 and mgmt2)
For optimum stability, use management ports (mgmt1 and mgmt2) for management traffic only. Do not use management ports for general user traffic.
DLP, AV
In 5.2, Block page was sent to client with HTTP status code 200 by default. In 5.4 and later, Block page is sent to client with a clearer HTTP status code of 403 Forbidden.
Upgrade Information
Upgrading to FortiOS 5.4.6
FortiOS version 5.4.6 officially supports upgrading from version 5.4.4 and later, and 5.2.10 and later.
When upgrading from a firmware version beyond those mentioned in the Release Notes, a recommended guide for navigating the upgrade path can be found on the Fortinet documentation site.
There is a separate version of the guide describing the safest upgrade path to the latest patch of each of the supported versions of the firmware. To upgrade to this build, go to FortiOS 5.4 Supported Upgrade Paths.
Upgrading to FortiOS 5.6.0
Cooperative Security Fabric Upgrade
FortiOS 5.4.1 and later greatly increases the interoperability between other Fortinet products. This includes:
- FortiClient 5.4.1 and later l FortiClient EMS 1.0.1 and later l FortiAP 5.4.1 and later l FortiSwitch 3.4.2 and later
The upgrade of the firmware for each product must be completed in a precise order so the network connectivity is maintained without the need of manual steps. Customers must read the following two documents prior to upgrading any product in their network:
- Cooperative Security Fabric – Upgrade Guide
- FortiOS 5.4.x Upgrade Guide for Managed FortiSwitch Devices
This document is available in the Customer Support Firmware Images download directory for FortiSwitch 3.4.2.
FortiGate-VM 5.4 for VMware ESXi Upgrade Information
FortiGate-VM 5.4 for VMware ESXi
Upon upgrading to FortiOS 5.4.6, FortiGate-VM v5.4 for VMware ESXi (all models), no longer supports the VMXNET2 vNIC driver.
Downgrading to previous firmware versions
Downgrading to previous firmware versions results in configuration loss on all models. Only the following settings are retained:
l operation mode l interface IP/management IP l static route table l DNS settings l VDOM parameters/settings l admin user account l session helpers l system access profiles
When downgrading from 5.4 to 5.2, users will need to reformat the log disk.
Amazon AWS Enhanced Networking Compatibility Issue
Due to this new enhancement, there is a compatibility issue with older AWS VM versions. After downgrading a 5.4.1 or later image to an older version, network connectivity is lost. Since AWS does not provide console access, you cannot recover the downgraded image.
Downgrading to older versions from 5.4.1 or later running the enhanced nic driver is not allowed. The following AWS instances are affected:
- C3 l C4 l R3 l I2
- M4 l D2
Upgrade Information FortiGate VM firmware
FortiGate VM firmware
Fortinet provides FortiGate VM firmware images for the following virtual environments:
Citrix XenServer and Open Source XenServer
- .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
- .out.OpenXen.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains the QCOW2 file for Open Source XenServer.
- .out.CitrixXen.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains the Citrix XenServer Virtual Appliance (XVA), Virtual Hard Disk (VHD), and OVF files.
Linux KVM
- .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
- .out.kvm.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains QCOW2 that can be used by qemu.
Microsoft Hyper-V
- .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
- .out.hyperv.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains three folders that can be imported by Hyper-V Manager on Hyper-V 2012. It also contains the file vhd in the Virtual Hard Disks folder that can be manually added to the Hyper-V Manager.
VMware ESX and ESXi
- .out: Download either the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
- .ovf.zip: Download either the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains Open Virtualization Format (OVF) files for VMware and two Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK) files used by the OVF file during deployment.
Firmware image checksums
The MD5 checksums for all Fortinet software and firmware releases are available at the Customer Service & Support portal, https://support.fortinet.com. After logging in select Download > Firmware Image Checksums, enter the image file name including the extension, and select Get Checksum Code.
Product Integration and Support
FortiOS 5.4.6 support
The following table lists 5.4.6 product integration and support information:
| Web Browsers | l Microsoft Edge 38 l Mozilla Firefox version 53 l Google Chrome version 58 l Apple Safari version 9.1 (For Mac OS X)
Other web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet. |
| Explicit Web Proxy Browser | l Microsoft Edge 40 l Mozilla Firefox version 53 l Apple Safari version 10 (For Mac OS X) l Google Chrome version 58
Other web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet. |
| FortiManager | For the latest information, see the FortiManagerand FortiOS Compatibility.
You should upgrade your FortiManager prior to upgrading the FortiGate. |
| FortiAnalyzer | For the latest information, see the FortiAnalyzerand FortiOS Compatibility.
You should upgrade your FortiAnalyzer prior to upgrading the FortiGate. |
| FortiClient Microsoft
Windows and FortiClient Mac OS X |
l 5.4.1 and later
If FortiClient is being managed by a FortiGate, you must upgrade FortiClient before upgrading the FortiGate. |
| FortiClient iOS | l 5.4.1 and later |
| FortiClient Android and FortiClient VPN Android | l 5.4.0 and later |
FortiOS 5.4.6
| FortiAP | l 5.4.1 and later l 5.2.5 and later
Before upgrading FortiAP units, verify that you are running the current recommended FortiAP version. To do this in the GUI, go to the WiFi Controller> Managed Access Points > Managed FortiAP. If your FortiAP is not running the recommended version, the OS Version column displays the message: A recommended update is available. |
| FortiAP-S | l 5.4.1 and later |
| FortiSwitch OS
(FortiLink support) |
l 3.5.0 and later |
| FortiController | l 5.2.0 and later
Supported models: FCTL-5103B, FCTL-5903C, FCTL-5913C l 5.0.3 and later Supported model: FCTL-5103B |
| FortiSandbox | l 2.1.0 and later l 1.4.0 and later |
| Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO) | l 5.0 build 0264 and later (needed for FSSO agent support OU in group filters)
l Windows Server 2016 Server Edition l Windows Server 2016 Datacenter l Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit l Windows Server 2012 Standard l Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard l Novell eDirectory 8.8 l 4.3 build 0164 (contact Support for download) l Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit l Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition l Windows Server 2012 R2 l Novell eDirectory 8.8 FSSO does not currently support IPv6. |
| FortiExplorer | l 2.6.0 and later.
Some FortiGate models may be supported on specific FortiExplorer versions. |
FortiOS 5.4.6 support Product Integration and Support
| FortiExplorer iOS | l 1.0.6 and later
Some FortiGate models may be supported on specific FortiExplorer iOS versions. |
| FortiExtender | l 3.0.0 l 2.0.2 and later |
| AV Engine | l 5.247 |
| IPS Engine | l 3.438 |
| Virtualization Environments | |
| Citrix | l XenServer version 5.6 Service Pack 2 l XenServer version 6.0 and later |
| Linux KVM | l RHEL 7.1/Ubuntu 12.04 and later l CentOS 6.4 (qemu 0.12.1) and later |
| Microsoft | l Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016 |
| Open Source | l XenServer version 3.4.3 l XenServer version 4.1 and later |
| VMware | l ESX versions 4.0 and 4.1
l ESXi versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5 |
| VM Series – SR-IOV | The following NIC chipset cards are supported:
l Intel 82599 l Intel X540 l Intel X710/XL710 |
Language
Language support
The following table lists language support information.
Language support
| Language | GUI |
| English | ✔ |
| Chinese (Simplified) | ✔ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | ✔ |
| French | ✔ |
| Japanese | ✔ |
| Korean | ✔ |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | ✔ |
| Spanish (Spain) | ✔ |
SSL VPN support
SSL VPN standalone client
The following table lists SSL VPN tunnel client standalone installer for the following operating systems.
Operating system and installers
| Operating System | Installer |
| Linux CentOS 6.5 / 7 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Linux Ubuntu 16.04 |
2333. Download from the Fortinet Developer Network https://fndn.fortinet.net. |
Other operating systems may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.
SSL VPN support Product Integration and Support
SSL VPN web mode
The following table lists the operating systems and web browsers supported by SSL VPN web mode.
Supported operating systems and web browsers
| Operating System | Web Browser |
| Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1 (32-bit & 64-bit) |
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11
Mozilla Firefox version 53 Google Chrome version 58 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) | Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11 Mozilla Firefox version 53 Google Chrome version 58 |
| Linux CentOS 6.5 / 7 (32-bit & 64-bit) | Mozilla Firefox version 53 |
| Mac OS 10.11.1 | Apple Safari version 9
Mozilla Firefox version 53 Google Chrome version 58 |
| iOS | Apple Safari
Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome |
| Android | Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome |
Other operating systems and web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.
SSL VPN host compatibility list
It is recommended to verify the accuracy of the GUID for the software you are using for SSLVPN host check. The following Knowledge Base article at http://kb.fortinet.com/ describes how to identify the GUID for antivirus and firewall products: How to add non listed 3rd Party AntiVirus and Firewall product to the FortiGate SSL VPN Host check.
After verifying GUIDs, you can update GUIDs in FortiOS by using this command: config vpn ssl web host-check-software
SSL VPN
Following is an example of how to update the GUID for AVG Internet Security 2017 on Windows 7 and Windows 10 by using the FortiOS CLI.
To update GUIDs in FortiOS:
- Use the config vpn ssl web host-check-software command to edit the AVG-InternetSecurity-AV variable to set the following GUID for AVG Internet Security 2017:
4D41356F-32AD-7C42-C820-63775EE4F413
- Edit the AVG-Internet-Security-FW variable to set the following GUID: 757AB44A-78C2-7D1A-E37F-CA42A037B368
Resolved Issues
The following issues have been fixed in version 5.4.6. For inquires about a particular bug, please contact CustomerService & Support.
AntiVirus
| Bug ID | Description |
| 300206 | Proxy-AV POP3 44k throughput test constantly has aborted transactions with low stress level. |
| 442328 | Replacement message image fails to load. |
| Bug ID | Description |
| 422755 | memory_tension_drop increase even though memory usage is very low. |
DNS Filter
| Bug ID | Description |
| 402831 | DNS Filter and Interface page botnet DB check should be updated. |
| 420170 | Skip the rating for Dynamic DNS update type queries. |
| 422407 | dnsproxy process runing high CPU causing degradation of DNS traffic. |
| 438834 | DNS Filter blocks access when rating error occurs, even with allow request on rating error enabled. |
Firewall
| Bug ID | Description |
| 403514 | Broadcast packets are not forwarded through VIP. |
| 415035 | Policy64 with VIP64 assigns incorrect SNAT IP 0.0.0.0. |
| 421381 | IPsec traffic matching NAT64 policy dropped by NP IPSEC0_IQUEUE. |
| 424558 | Renaming onetime schedule causes policy activation. |
| 435070 | Full Cone NAT not working for WhatsApp Video and Voice Call. |
FortiGate-60D
FortiGate-5001D
| Bug ID | Description |
| 392883 | SLBC slave blades with TP VDOMs cannot connect to FSSO Collector Agent. |
FortiGate and FortiWifi E Series
| Bug ID | Description |
| 413699 | In some FortiGate and FortiWifi E series models, the default Inspection Mode is flow-based instead of proxy-based.
Affected models: FG-60E, FG-61E, FWF-60E, FWF-61E, FG-80E, FG-81E, FG-80E-POE, FG-81E-POE, FG-100E, FG-101E, FG-100EF, FG-140E, FG-140E-POE. |
FortiSwitch
| Bug ID | Description |
| 435219 | cu_acd causing memory leak leading to conserve mode. |
GUI
| Bug ID | Description | |
| 367394 | Colors configured for firewall address objects are not visible in firewall policy list. | |
| 368070 | Custom category is not referenced when used in a web filter profile. | |
| 372907 | Reference page shows no matching entries found for VPN tunnel with special characters in tunnel name. | |
| 378575 | Disabled local rating categories are incorrectly added into new web filter profiles. | |
| 392500 | In the GUI Interface Bandwidth widget, the speed keep jumping from real value to 0 bps. | |
| 397233 | GUI improve visibility of hardware acceleration features and memory usage. | |
| 406486 | Permission denied error is shown when changing AntiVirus configuration even when AntiVirus privilege is set to Read-Write. | |
| 408577 | Admin and FortiClient profile cannot be displayed when language is Japanese. | |
| 409100 | Edit admin/user, enable FortiToken mobile, click send activation email before saving would send empty activation code. | |
| 411415 | Update FortiOS API to remove IPS sessions in parallel with firewall sessions. | |
| Bug ID | Description | |
| 421263 | Multiple wildcard login accounts gives wrong guest account provisioning when Post-login-banner is enabled. | |
| 439160 | Address object references are not displayed. | |
HA
| Bug ID | Description |
| 389861 | SNMP query for fgHaStatsSyncStatus on slave unit reports master as unsynchronized- “0”. |
| 392677 | The HA widget shows the slave status as not synchronized when the status is synchronized. |
| 412652 | Unexpected behavior occurs when one cluster unit has a monitored port down and the other cluster unit has ping server issues. |
| 421639 | HA kernel routes are not flushed after failover, when cluster learns a high number of routes. |
| 423144 | Reliable syslog using dedicated HA management interface doesn’t work. |
| 437390 | HA failover triggered before pingserver-failover-threshold is reached. |
| 438197 | PPPoE connection is disrupted by HA failover/failback. |
| 442085 | After HA failover, the new master unit uses an OSPF MD5 authentication encryption sequence that is lower than the previous sequence number. |
| 442663 | No NTP sync and feature license invalid at backup device in FGSP cluster. |
IPS
| Bug ID | Description |
| 422666 | New mechanism to load IPS/App rules into CMDB to avoid FortiGate bootup failure or lockup. |
| 434478 | Information incorrect in diag test app ipsmonitor 13. |
| 439245 | When the firewall policy was applied by FortiManager, a crash log of the IPS engine occurred. |
| 445900 | SSL negotiation not completed when IPS and SSL Inspection profiles are present. |
IPsec VPN
| Bug ID | Description |
| 396953 | “Encapsulation GRE” (GRE over IPsec) does not allow self-originated traffic to enter the tunnel. |
| 401847 | Half of IPsec tunnels traffic lost 26 minutes after power on a spare 1500D. |
| 416102 | Traffic over IPsec VPN getting dropped after 2 pings when it is getting offloaded to NPU. |
| 416950 | NP6 stop process traffic through IPsec tunnel. |
Logging & Report
| Bug ID | Description |
| 420147 | Getting Errorconnecting to FortiCloud message when trying to access FortiCloud Reports in GUI. |
| 445522 | In Local report -Web Usage section, Top users by bandwidth seems to show the download as upload. |
Router
| Bug ID | Description |
| 424381 | Random TCP sessions get stuck or time out. |
Spam
| Bug ID | Description |
| 410420 | Spam emails are exempted if they are sent in one session. |
| 416790 | (no.x pattern matched) is not logged when bwl matches envelop MAIL FROM. |
SSL VPN
| Bug ID | Description |
| 375137 | SSL VPN bookmarks may be accessible after accessing more than ten bookmarks in web mode. |
| 380974 | SSL VPN sometimes gets key conflict when loading system provided keys. |
| 401807 | SSL VPN web mode for VNC could not launch pop up menu with F8. |
| Bug ID | Description |
| 412456 | SSL VPN realm should be kept in the idle timeout redirected URL. |
| 412850 | SSL VPN Portal redirect not working. Fails with a Javascript error. |
| 421261 | Access to web sites via Webbase SSL VPN returns empty page after browsing for some time. |
| 448852 | OTP for RSA Server are truncated if they are longer than eight digits. |
System
| Bug ID | Description |
| 383624 | Sending multicast traffic across NP6 inter-VDOM link may cause interfaces to stop sending/receiving. |
| 392436 | Slow throughput using 10G interfaces. |
| 392655 | Conserve mode – 4096 SLAB leak suspected. |
| 393006 | NPU offloading causes issues with Arista. |
| 397266 | Disable unnecessary FGT queries and RSS feeds. |
| 407383 | LACP will not negotiate on 100D ports 15 and 16 using FG-TRAN-SX. |
| 408977 | 802.1AX L4 algorithm and NP4 do not distribute UDP evenly on egress LAG bundle. |
| 415555 | IPv6 ipv6-neighbor-cache configuration doesn’t survive after a reboot or flush command. |
| 415910 | CPU cores utilization shows 0% while handling CPS. |
| 416678 | FG101E/100E has reports of firewall lockups in production. |
| 420150 | NTPv3 with authentication enabled fails with error receive: authentication failed. |
| 421714 | Merge kxp D state fix into 5.4.6. |
| 423375 | Some configurations are missing in the output of show full-configuration. |
| 424213 | Cluster Virtual MAC address changed to Physical port MAC address when Ports are assigned on MGMT-VDOM. |
| 434480 | Admin user session does not time out. |
| Bug ID | Description |
| 436211 | Kernel conserve mode occurs due to memory leak. |
| 437589 | Slow throughput on 1000D between 10G and 1G interfaces. |
| 437925 | FWF-81CM dnsproxy daemon has high memory usage. |
| 438088 | U-Turn traffic in Transparent mode VDOM does not work anymore. |
| 438205 | Packets in reply direction get dropped if ingress interface is not the same as egress in original direction. |
| 438405 | HRX/PKTCHK Drops over NP6 with 1.5 Gbps. |
| 439115 | IP-to-IP-Tunnel does not forward packets after rebooting. |
| 439469 | Dropped packets only on the LACP Interface but not on the physicals that is part of the LAG. |
| 439897 | Virtual wire pair on asymmetric environment. |
| 440412 | Added SNMP trap for per-CPU usage. |
| 440923 | The FortiGate interface DHCP client does not work properly in some situations. |
| 441532 | Suggest to add SNMP/CLI monitoring capabilities of NP6 session table. |
Upgrade
| Bug ID | Description |
| 404089 | Uninterruptible upgrade failed because routes are not yet synced on new master. |
User and FSSO
| Bug ID | Description |
| 378085 | User authentication timeout max. setting change. |
| 378207 | authd process running high CPU when only RSSO logging is configured. |
| 412487 | RSSO Endpoint Storage limits the number of characters to 48. |
| 437204 | authd sends malformed NTLM TYPE2 to browser and breaks NTLM authentication. |
| 438758 | A CRL update on the FortiGate does not trigger an auto-update to the FortiManager. |
VM
| Bug ID | Description |
| 424452 | SNMP traps not being sent when interface is down. |
| 441294 | The network bandwidth show a zero value. |
VoIP
| Bug ID | Description |
| 423437 | SIP ALG does not translate all MSRP SEND messages if more than one SEND message is contained within a single packet. |
Web Filter
| Bug ID | Description |
| 409110 | Web page override login page loads slowly. |
| 420967 | Proxy AV + Proxy WF + SSL Certificate Inspection (Inspect All Ports) results in HTTPS traffic bypassing WiFi. |
| 423020 | Regex value changes in the URL filter. |
| 435258 | Send Fin/Ack to the client during HTTP POST request. |
| 436354 | Replace Message Group Web FilterBlock Override page not working. |
WebProxy
| Bug ID | Description |
| 415385 | Explicit FTP proxy issue on zero file size transfers. |
| 416208 | WAD Dispatcher reached FD limit with large number of CLOSE_WAIT sockets, some workers entered “D” state. |
| 417001 | Explicit HTTP proxy drops HTTPS connections on WiFi rating failures. |
| 417491 | WAD crashed when handling FTP over HTTP traffic. |
| 418193 | Some HTTPS sites show Secure Connection Failed with flow-based web filter (static URL filter only) and SSL certificate inspection. |
| 423077 | WAD crashed after upgrading from 5.2.10 to 5.4.4 GA release. |
| Bug ID | Description |
| 434787 | FortiGate deep inspection is causing nonconforming extension certificate error on MAC, Android, and Chromebook devices. |
| 435283 | block-page-status-code doesn’t work for HTTP status code of the DLP replacement message. |
WiFi
| Bug ID Description |
| 364688 Packet loss when offloading CAPWAP traffic. |
| 434991 WTP tablesize limitation cause WTP entry to be lost after upgrade from 5.4.4 to 5.4.5.
Affected models: FG-30D, FG-30D-POE, FG-30E, FWF-30D, FWF-30D-POE, FWF-30E. |
| 437949 Split tunnel enhancement: set split-tunneling-acl-path [tunnel | local]. |
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
| Bug ID | CVE references |
| 405122 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-3732 l 2017-7055
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| 415416 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-7733
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| 416322 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-2636
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| 422133 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-3555
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| 440744 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-7739
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| 442365 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-7738
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| Bug ID | CVE references |
| 446892 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-13077 l 2017-13078 l 2017-13079 l 2017-13080 l 2017-13081 l 2017-13082
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
| 449257 | FortiOS5.4.6 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference: l 2017-14182
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information. |
Known Issues
The following issues have been identified in version 5.4.6. For inquires about a particular bug or to report a bug, please contact CustomerService & Support.
AntiVirus
| Bug ID | Description |
| 374969 | FortiSandbox FortiView may not correctly parse the FSA v2.21 tracer file(.json). |
| Bug ID | Description |
| 375246 | invalid hbdev dmz may be received if the default hbdev is used. |
Endpoint Control
| Bug ID | Description |
| 374855 | Third party compliance may not be reported if FortiClient has no AV feature. |
| 375149 | FortiGate does not auto update AV signature version while Endpoint Control (fortiheartbeat) is enabled but no AV profile is used. |
| 391537 | Buffer size is too small when sending large vulnerability list to FortiGate. |
Firewall
| Bug ID | Description |
| 364589 | LB VIP slow access when cookie persistence is enabled. |
FortiGate-3815D
| Bug ID | Description |
| 385860 | FortiGate-3815D does not support 1 GE SFP transceivers. |
FortiRugged-60D
Known
FortiSwitch-Controller/FortiLink
| Bug ID | Description |
| 304199 | Using HA with FortiLink can encounter traffic loss during failover. |
| 357360 | DHCP snooping may not work on IPv6. |
| 369099 | FortiSwitch authorizes successfully but fails to pass traffic until you reboot FortiSwitch. |
FortiView
| Bug ID | Description |
| 368644 | Physical Topology: Physical Connection of stacked FortiSwitch may be incorrect. |
| 372350 | Threat view: Threat Type and Event information is missing in the last level of the threat view. |
| 373142 | Threat: Filter result may not be correct when adding a filter on a threat and threat type on the first level. |
| 375187 | Using realtime auto update may increase chrome browser memory usage. |
GUI
| Bug ID | Description |
| 289297 | Threat map may not be fully displayed when screen resolution is not big enough. |
| 297832 | Administrator with read-write permission for Firewall Configuration is not able to read or write firewall policies. |
| 355388 | The Select window for remote server in remote user group may not work as expected. |
| 365223 | In Security Fabric topology, a downstream FortiGate may be shown twice when it uses hardware switch to connect upstream. |
| 365317 | Unable to add new AD group in second FSSO local polling agent. |
| 365378 | You may not be able to assign ha-mgmt-interface IP address in the same subnet as another port from the GUI. |
| 368069 | Cannot select wan-load-balance or members for incoming interface of IPsec tunnel. |
| 369155 | There is no Archived Data tab for email attachment in the DLP log detail page. |
| 372908 | The interface tooltip keeps loading the VLAN interface when its physical interface is in another VDOM. |
Known Issues
| Bug ID | Description |
| 372943 | Explicit proxy policy may show a blank for default authentication method. |
| 373363 | Multicast policy interface may list the wan-load-balance interface. |
| 373546 | Only 50 security logs may be displayed in the Log Details pane when more than 50 are triggered. |
| 374081 | wan-load-balance interface may be shown in the address associated interface list. |
| 374162 | GUI may show the modem status as Active in the Monitor page after setting the modem to disable. |
| 374224 | The Ominiselect widget and Tooltip keep loading when clicking a newly created object in the Firewall Policy page. |
| 374320 | Editing a user from the Policy list page may redirect to an empty user edit page. |
| 374322 | Interfaces page may display the wrong MAC Address for the hardware switch. |
| 374363 | Selecting Connect to CLI from managed FAP context menu may not connect to FortiAP. |
| 374373 | Policy View: Filter bar may display the IPv4 policy name for the IPv6 policy. |
| 374397 | Should only list any as destination interface when creating an explicit proxy in the TP VDOM. |
| 374521 | Unable to Revert revisions in GUI. |
| 374525 | When activating the FortiCloud/Register-FortiGate, clicking OK may not work the first time. |
| 375036 | The Archived Data in the SnifferTraffic log may not display detailed content and download. |
| 375227 | You may be able to open the dropdown box and add new profiles even though errors occur when editing a Firewall Policy page. |
| 375259 | Addrgrp editing page receives a js error if addrgrp contains another group object. |
| 375346 | You may not be able to download the application control packet capture from the forward traffic log. |
| 375369 | May not be able to change IPsec manualkey config in GUI. |
| 375383 | The Policy list page may receive a js error when clicking the search box if the policy includes wan-load-balance interface. |
| 379050 | User Definition intermittently not showing assigned token. |
Known
| Bug ID | Description |
| 398397 | Slowness in accessing Policy and Address page in GUI after upgrading from 5.2.2 to 5.4.1. |
| 403146 | Slow GUI Policy tab when there are more than 600 policies. |
| 453751 | In IE11, the Policy and Address page keeps reloading when there are many entries. |
| 454259 | The Policy list page does not display tooltips for policy comments. |
HA
| Bug ID | Description |
| 399115 | ID for the new policy (when using edit 0) is different on master and on slave unit. |
IPsec
| Bug ID | Description |
| 393958 | Shellshock attack succeeds when FGT is configured with server-cert-mode replace and an attacker uses rsa_3des_sha. |
| 435124 | Cannot establish IPsec phase1 tunnel after upgrading from version 5.4.5 to 5.6.0.
Workaround: After upgrading to 5.6.0, reconfigure all IPsec phase1 psksecret settings. |
| 439923 | IKE static tunnels using set peertype one may fail to negotiate. |
Router
| Bug ID | Description |
| 299490 | During and after failover, some multicast groups take up to 480 seconds to recover. |
SSL VPN
| Bug ID | Description |
| 303661 | The Start Tunnel feature may have been removed. |
| 304528 | SSL VPN Web Mode PKI user might immediately log back in even after logging out. |
| 374644 | SSL VPN tunnel mode Fortinet bar may not be displayed. |
| 382223 | SMB/CIFS bookmark in SSL VPN portal doesn’t work with DFS Microsoft file server error “Invalid HTTP request”. |
| 404863 | In SSL VPN Web Mode, clicking new bookmark gets error Internal: invalid parameter. |
Known Issues
| Bug ID | Description |
| 364280 | ssh-dss may not work on FG-VM-LENC. |
System
| Bug ID | Description |
| 287612 | Span function of software switch may not work on FortiGate-51E/FortiGate-30E. |
| 290708 | nturbo may not support CAPWAP traffic. |
| 295292 | If private-data-encryption is enabled, when restoring config to a FortiGate, the FortiGate may not prompt the user to enter the key. |
| 304199 | FortiLink traffic is lost in HA mode. |
| 364280 | User cannot use ssh-dss algorithm to log in to FortiGate via SSH. |
| 371320 | show system interface may not show the Port list in sequential order. |
| 372717 | Option admin-https-banned-cipher in sys global may not work as expected. |
| 392960 | FOS support for V4 BIOS. |
| 445383 | Traffic cannot go through LACP static mode interface with NP6 offload enabled. |
Upgrade
| Bug ID | Description |
| 289491 | When upgrading from 5.2.x to 5.4.0, port-pair configuration may be lost if the port-pair name exceeds 12 characters. |
Visibility
| Bug ID | Description |
| 374138 | FortiGate device with VIP configured may be put under Router/NAT devices because of an address change. |
VM
Limitations
Citrix XenServer limitations
The following limitations apply to Citrix XenServer installations:
- XenTools installation is not supported.
- FortiGate-VM can be imported or deployed in only the following three formats:
- XVA (recommended) l VHD l OVF
- The XVA format comes pre-configured with default configurations for VM name, virtual CPU, memory, and virtual NIC. Other formats will require manual configuration before the first power on process.
Open Source XenServer limitations
When using Linux Ubuntu version 11.10, XenServer version 4.1.0, and libvir version 0.9.2, importing issues may arise when using the QCOW2 format and existing HDA issues.