PT-2018-6530 · Fortinet · Forticlient For Mac Osx+2

Published 2018-04-26 · Updated 2020-05-11 · CVE-2017-17543

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FortiClient for Windows versions 5.6.0 and below FortiClient for Mac OSX versions 5.6.0 and below FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux versions 4.4.2335 and below

Description: The issue concerns the unsafe encryption of users' VPN authentication credentials. This is due to the use of a static encryption key and weak encryption algorithms.

Recommendations: For FortiClient for Windows versions 5.6.0 and below, update to a version above 5.6.0 to resolve the issue. For FortiClient for Mac OSX versions 5.6.0 and below, update to a version above 5.6.0 to resolve the issue. For FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux versions 4.4.2335 and below, update to a version above 4.4.2335 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-326

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17543

Affected Products

Forticlient Sslvpn Client For Linux

Forticlient For Mac Osx

Forticlientwindows

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17543 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17543 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-17-214 · Note