QID 44060

Date Published: 2023-06-21

QID 44060: Fortinet FortiOS NULL pointer dereference Vulnerability (FG-IR-23-125)

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability [CWE-476] in FortiOS may allow an authenticated attacker to crash the SSL-VPN daemon via specially crafted HTTP requests to the /proxy endpoint.

Affected Versions:
FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4
FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.11
FortiOS version 6.4.0 through 6.4.12
Note: Due to banner based detection this QID is kept as practice.

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
Detection checks for vulnerable version of FortiOS.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an authenticated attacker to crash the SSL-VPN daemon via specially crafted HTTP requests to the /proxy endpoint

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4.7 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.

Solution

Fortinet has released patch addressing the vulnerability. For more information please refer to FG-IR-23-125

Vendor References

FG-IR-23-125 - www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-125

CVEs related to QID 44060

CVE-2023-29179 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FG-IR-23-125			www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-125

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