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Fortinet Fortigate Out-of-bound write in CLI (FG-IR-22-494)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177127

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Synopsis

Fortinet Firewall is affected by a privilege escalation.

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-22-494 advisory.

 - A out-of-bounds write in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3, FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.10, FortiOS version 6.4.0 through 6.4.12, FortiOS all versions 6.2, FortiOS all versions 6.0, FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2, FortiProxy version 7.0.0 through 7.0.8, FortiProxy all versions 2.0, FortiProxy all versions 1.2, FortiProxy all versions 1.1, FortiProxy all versions 1.0 allows attacker to escalation of privilege via specifically crafted commands. (CVE-2023-22639)

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

Solution

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.4.13/7.0.11/7.2.4/7.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-22-494

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177127

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-22-494.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 6/12/2023

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 6/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22639

IAVA: 2023-A-0281-S