Fortinet FortiOS 5.0.x < 5.0.8 Packet Handling DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85739

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Fortinet FortiOS 5.0.x prior to 5.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to a failure to properly handle spoofed packets. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to terminate arbitrary sessions.

Solution

Upgrade to Fortinet FortiOS 5.0.8 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85739

File Name: fortios_packet_handling_dos.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 9/2/2015

Updated: 10/17/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on analysis of the vendor advisory.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fortinet:fortios

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2014

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