Medium severity · published Mar 30, 2017
CVE-2016-7541
Long lived sessions in Fortinet FortiGate devices with FortiOS 5.x before 5.4.0 could violate a security policy during IPS signature updates when the FortiGate's IPSengine is…
5.9
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Long lived sessions in Fortinet FortiGate devices with FortiOS 5.x before 5.4.0 could violate a security policy during IPS signature updates when the FortiGate's IPSengine is configured in flow mode. All FortiGate versions with IPS configured in proxy mode (the default mode) are not affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
FortiOS · Fortinet
5.0.0; 5.0.1; 5.0.2; 5.0.3; 5.0.4; 5.0.5; +20 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7541
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7541
Not Applicable
http://fortiguard.com/advisory/FG-IR-16-088
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94477
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