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

critical Nessus Plugin ID 209852

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of FortiWeb 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 underflow vulnerability in FortiOS & FortiProxy HTTP/HTTPS administrative interface could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and/or perform a DoS using specifically crafted requests. (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

Please upgrade to FortiOS version 6.0.17/6.2.13/6.4.12/7.0.10/7.2.4/7.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-001

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 209852

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

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 10/28/2024

Updated: 10/28/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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: 8.5

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:/a:fortinet:fortiweb

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

Exploit Ease: No known 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