Fortinet FortiBalancer 400/1000/2000/4000 SSH Permission improper authentication
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A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiBalancer 400/1000/2000/4000 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SSH Permission Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is integrity.
The weakness was shared 04/02/2014 with Fortinet as FG-IR-14-010 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at fortiguard.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2723 since 04/01/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Applying the patch FBLOS-FortiBalancer-Patch-2014_02.fn is able to eliminate this problem. It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting config t; ssh off; write memory; exit
.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling tcp/22 (ssh). The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (92345). The entries 12837 and 12838 are related to this item.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Countermeasures
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Patch: FBLOS-FortiBalancer-Patch-2014_02.fn
Config: config t; ssh off; write memory; exit
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Timeline
04/01/2014 🔍04/02/2014 🔍
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04/03/2014 🔍
04/09/2014 🔍
06/16/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: fortinet.comAdvisory: FG-IR-14-010
Researcher: http://www.fortiguard.com
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2723 (🔍)
X-Force: 92345 - FortiBalancer permissions security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 66626 - FortiBalancer SSH Access CVE-2014-2721 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 57673 - FortiBalancer SSH Access Security Bypass Vulnerability, Less Critical
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Entry
Created: 04/09/2014 11:48Updated: 06/16/2021 16:37
Changes: 04/09/2014 11:48 (50), 04/01/2019 10:08 (13), 06/16/2021 16:37 (3)
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