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Fortinet FortiOS: Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-2023-29178)

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Fortinet FortiOS: Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-2023-29178)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/13/2023
Created
06/23/2023
Added
06/22/2023
Modified
06/22/2023

Description

A access of uninitialized pointer vulnerability [CWE-824] in Fortinet FortiProxy version 7.2.0 through 7.2.3 and before 7.0.9 and FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 and before 7.0.11 allows an authenticated attacker to repetitively crash the httpsd process via crafted HTTP or HTTPS requests.

Solution(s)

  • fortios-upgrade-latest

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