SB2023111732 - Denial of service in FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL VPN 



SB2023111732 - Denial of service in FortiOS and FortiProxy SSL VPN

Published: November 17, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023111732
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36641)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing HTTP headers in SSL VPN. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.