Fortinet FortiOS Integer Overflow (FG-IR-21-049)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 156752

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a integer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a version of FortiOS prior or equal to 6.0.12, 6.2.x prior or equal to 6.2.9, 6.4.x prior or equal to 6.4.5 or 7.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by an integer overflow vulnerability in FortiOS SSLVPN memory allocator may allow an unauthenticated attacker to corrupt control data on the heap via specifically crafted requests to SSLVPN, resulting in potentially arbitrary code execution.

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

Solution

See vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-21-049

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 156752

File Name: fortios_FG-IR-21-049.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 1/14/2022

Updated: 9/19/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26109

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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: 12/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26109

IAVA: 2021-A-0574-S