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Fortinet Fortigate (FG-IR-23-356)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200326

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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-23-356 advisory.

 - A stack-based buffer overflow in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.4.0 through 7.4.1 and 7.2.0 through 7.2.7 and 7.0.0 through 7.0.12 and 6.4.6 through 6.4.15 and 6.2.9 through 6.2.16 and 6.0.13 through 6.0.18 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted CLI commands. (CVE-2023-46720)

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 6.0.999999 / 6.2.999999 / 6.4.999999 / 7.0.999999 / 7.2.8 / 7.4.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-356

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200326

File Name: fortigate_FG-IR-23-356.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 6/11/2024

Updated: 6/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46720

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46720