Fortinet Fortigate (FG-IR-23-301)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190221

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-23-301 advisory.

- An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker in a Man-in-the-Middle position to decipher and alter the FortiLink communication channel between the FortiOS device and a FortiSwitch instance. (CVE-2023-47537)

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 7.2.7 / 7.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-301

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190221

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-23-301.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 2/8/2024

Updated: 3/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47537

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-47537

IAVA: 2024-A-0079-S