Access of Uninitialized Pointer in FortiProxy and FortiOS - CVE-2023-29178
Published: June 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77179
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29178
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to access to an uninitialized pointer within the administrative API interface. A remote user repeatedly send crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests to the API to crash the httpsd process.
Affected software
FortiProxy
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
FortiOS
RUGGEDCOM APE1808
FortiOS
How to mitigate CVE-2023-29178
Install updates from vendor's website.
FortiProxy - addressed in versions 7.0.10, 7.2.4
FortiOS - addressed in versions 7.0.12, 7.2.5
FortiOS - addressed in versions 7.0.12, 7.2.5