Fortinet Security Updates – 11 October 2023

Fortinet has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting multiple products.

The addressed vulnerabilities could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service, gain elevated privileges, disclose information, execute arbitrary commands, and gain access to the affected systems.

Sample of the addressed vulnerabilities:

1. FortiSIEM – Remote Unauthenticated OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2023-34992):

  • CVSS: 9.6
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Gain Access

2. FortiMail – Email Account Takeover in Same Web Domain Vulnerability (CVE- 2023-36556):

  • CVSS: 8.6
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Gain Privilege

Sample of the affected products:

  • FortiProxy.
  • FortiOS.
  • FortiSIEM.
  • FortiManager.
  • FortiClient.
  • FortiWLM.
Vulnerabilities
Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.

Fortinet Security Advisory

References