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10:15am, 13 December 2022

TLP Rating: Clear

Fortinet software SSL-VPN Remote Code Execution vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered that affects FortiGate devices running FortiOS with SSL-VPN enabled.

This vulnerability (CVE-2022-42475) allows for an attacker, using a heap-based buffer overflow, to run unauthorised commands remotely on affected systems.

Fortinet is aware of an instance where this vulnerability was exploited in the wild.

UPDATED 15/12/22: added more affected versions of FortiOS.

What to look for

How to tell if you're at risk

If you have SSL-VPN enabled on FortiGate devices with the following versions:

  • FortiOS version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2
  • FortiOS version 7.0.0 through 7.0.8
  • FortiOS version 6.4.0 through 6.4.10
  • FortiOS version 6.2.0 through 6.2.11
  • FortiOS version 6.0.0 through 6.0.15
  • FortiOS version 5.6.0 through 5.6.14
  • FortiOS version 5.4.0 through 5.4.13
  • FortiOS version 5.2.0 through 5.2.15
  • FortiOS version 5.0.0 through 5.0.14
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 7.0.0 through 7.0.7
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 6.4.0 through 6.4.9
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 6.2.0 through 6.2.11
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 6.0.0 through 6.0.14

If you do not have SSL-VPN enabled, this vulnerability does not affect you.

How to tell if you're affected

Multiple log entries with:

  • Logdesc="Application crashed"

and

  • msg="[…] application:sslvpnd,[…], Signal 11 received, Backtrace: […]“

Presence of the following artifacts in the filesystem:

  • /data/lib/libips.bak
  • /data/lib/libgif.so
  • /data/lib/libiptcp.so
  • /data/lib/libipudp.so
  • /data/lib/libjepg.so
  • /var/.sslvpnconfigbk
  • /data/etc/wxd.conf
  • /flash

Fortinet have listed some suspicious IP addresses and ports.

PSIRT Advisories | FortiGuard External Link

What to do

Prevention

Update FortiOS to the latest version:

  • FortiOS version 7.2.3 or above
  • FortiOS version 7.0.9 or above
  • FortiOS version 6.4.11 or above
  • FortiOS version 6.2.12 or above
  • FortiOS version 6.0.16 or above
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 7.0.8 or above
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 6.4.10 or above
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 6.2.12 or above
  • FortiOS-6K7K version 6.0.15 or above

Mitigation

For alternative mitigations, CERT NZ recommends disabling SSL-VPN

More information

Fortinet has published further details

PSIRT Advisories | FortiGuard External Link

If you require more information or further support, submit a report on our website or contact us on 0800 CERTNZ.

Report an incident to CERT NZ External Link