Fortinet FortiOS IPS Engine access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Fortinet FortiOS. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IPS Engine. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-27491. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Fortinet FortiOS (Firewall Software) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component IPS Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

A improper verification of source of a communication channel in Fortinet FortiOS with IPS engine version 7.201 through 7.214, 7.001 through 7.113, 6.001 through 6.121, 5.001 through 5.258 and before 4.086 allows a remote and unauthenticated attacker to trigger the sending of "blocked page" HTML data to an arbitrary victim via crafted TCP requests, potentially flooding the victim.

The weakness was shared 09/07/2022 as FG-IR-22-073. The advisory is available at fortiguard.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-27491 since 03/21/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209716 (Fortinet Fortigate (FG-IR-22-073)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209716). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 209716
Nessus Name: Fortinet Fortigate (FG-IR-22-073)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/21/2022 🔍
09/07/2022 +169 days 🔍
09/07/2022 +0 days 🔍
10/26/2024 +780 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: fortinet.com

Advisory: FG-IR-22-073
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-27491 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-27491
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-207914

Entryinfo

Created: 09/07/2022 08:53
Updated: 10/26/2024 17:02
Changes: 09/07/2022 08:53 (49), 10/13/2022 11:43 (11), 10/26/2024 17:02 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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