QID 44139

Date Published: 2023-12-20

QID 44139: FortiOS Improper Access Control Vulnerability (FG-IR-23-432)

An improper access control vulnerability in FortiOS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the firewall deny geolocalisation policy via timing the bypass with a GeoIP database update.

Affected Versions:
FortiOS 7.2 versions prior to 7.2.1
FortiOS 7.0 all versions
FortiOS 6.4 all versions

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

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
Detection checks for vulnerable version of FortiOS via SNMP Banner.

Vulnerable versions of FortiOS may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the firewall deny geolocalisation policy via timing the bypass with a GeoIP database update.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.6 severity.

Solution

Vendor has released fixes to address this vulnerability.
For more details, refer advisory FG-IR-23-432

Vendor References

FG-IR-23-432 - www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-432

CVEs related to QID 44139

CVE-2023-47536 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
FG-IR-23-432			www.fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-432

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