QID 44091

Date Published: 2023-07-14

QID 44091: FortiOS - Multiple Pre-Authentication Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (FG-IR-19-043)

Multiple information exposure vulnerabilities in FortiOS may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform some information gathering via parsing the HTTP headers, web portal certificate, and error messages. The exposed information includes the FortiGate's model, serial number and internal IP address.

Affected Versions:
FortiOS 6.0.x all versions before 6.0.4
FortiOS 6.2.x all versions before 6.2.3
FortiOS 5.6.x all versions before 5.6.6

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

Note: Making this QID practice as this QID also contains banner based detection .

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform some information gathering via parsing the HTTP headers, web portal certificate, and error messages. The exposed information includes the FortiGate's model, serial number and internal IP address.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Fortinet has released patch addressing the vulnerability. For more information please refer to FG-IR-19-043
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    FG-IR-19-043 URL Logo www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-19-043

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