Security Features in FortiOS - CVE-2016-7541
Published: March 30, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39336
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7541
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiOS
FortiOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Long lived sessions in Fortinet FortiGate devices with FortiOS 5.x before 5.4.0 could violate a security policy during IPS signature updates when the FortiGate's IPSengine is configured in flow mode. All FortiGate versions with IPS configured in proxy mode (the default mode) are not affected.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7541
Install update from vendor's website.