Information disclosure in FortiAuthenticator - CVE-2015-1456

 

Information disclosure in FortiAuthenticator - CVE-2015-1456

Published: February 3, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40906
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1456
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Fortinet, Inc
Affected software:
FortiAuthenticator

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to gain access to sensitive information.

Fortinet FortiAuthenticator 3.0.0 logs the PostgreSQL usernames and passwords in cleartext, which allows remote administrators to obtain sensitive information by reading the log at debug/startup/.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-1456

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources