Where
AND
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0
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:W/RC:C

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability [CWE-122] in FortiOS and FortiSwitchManager cwacd daemon may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specifically crafted requests.The presence of security controls such as ASLR and PIE considerably raises the complexity and preparation effort required for exploitation.

1 / 2
Source: FortiGuard
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow, XSS, SQL Injection, Input Validation, Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.15, FortiProxy 7.4.0, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.13, FortiSASE 23.2.b allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow, XSS, SQL Injection, Input Validation, Code Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

A out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.4.0 through 7.4.1, FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.2.5, FortiOS 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, FortiOS 6.4.0 through 6.4.14, FortiOS 6.2.0 through 6.2.15, FortiProxy 7.4.0, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.2.6, FortiProxy 7.0.0 through 7.0.12, FortiProxy 2.0.0 through 2.0.13, FortiSASE 23.2.b allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability [CWE-787] and a Stack-based Buffer Overflow [CWE-121] in FortiOS & FortiProxy captive portal may allow an inside attacker who has access to captive portal to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Workaround:

Set a non form-based authentication scheme:

config authentication schemeedit schemeset method methodnextend

Where <method> can be any of those :

ntlm NTLM authentication.basic Basic HTTP authentication.digest Digest HTTP authentication.negotiate Negotiate authentication.fsso Fortinet Single Sign-On (FSSO) authentication.rsso RADIUS Single Sign-On (RSSO) authentication.ssh-publickey Public key based SSH authentication.cert Client certificate authentication.saml SAML authentication

None of the enabled authentication schemes should be form-based.

Please note that only devices with captive portal enabled are affected.

First published (updated )
Advisory
FG-IR-23-328

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