Fortinet Fortigate - Heap buffer underflow in administrative interface (FG-IR-23-001)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 172390

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Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of Fortigate installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FG-IR-23-001 advisory.

- A buffer underwrite ('buffer underflow') vulnerability in FortiOS & FortiProxy administrative interface may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and/or perform a DoS on the GUI, via specifically crafted requests. Exploitation status: Fortinet is not aware of any instance wherethis vulnerability was exploited in the wild. We continuously review and test the security of our products, and this vulnerability was internally discovered within that frame. (CVE-2023-25610)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortigate version 6.2.13 / 6.4.12 / 7.0.10 / 7.2.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 172390

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-23-001.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 3/9/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25610

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

Required KB Items: Host/Fortigate/model, Host/Fortigate/version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25610

IAVA: 2023-A-0125-S

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