PT-2024-13880 · Fortinet · Fortiadc

Published 2024-07-09 · Updated 2024-09-09 · CVE-2023-50179

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FortiADC versions 7.0 through 7.4.0

Description An improper certificate validation issue may allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle attack on the communication channel between the device and public SDN connectors. This could potentially affect a large number of devices worldwide, although the exact number is not specified. There is no information provided about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For FortiADC versions 7.0 through 7.4.0, update to a version that includes a fix for the improper certificate validation issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-50179

Affected Products

Fortiadc

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50179 · Security Note
• https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-480 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93825 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/382 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1810700132049965534 · Twitter Post