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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution             
                                                                           
                               ESB-2024.2169                               
                FortiNAC-F - Lack of certificate validation                
                               10 April 2024                               
                                                                           
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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           FortiNAC-F                                              
Publisher:         Fortinet                                                
Operating System:  Fortinet                                                
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade                                           
CVE Names:         CVE-2023-48785                                          

Original Bulletin:
   https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-288

Comment: CVSS (Max):  4.4 CVE-2023-48785 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X)
         CVSS Source: Fortinet                                             
         Calculator:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:X/RC:X


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FortiNAC-F - Lack of certificate validation

IR Number    : FG-IR-23-288
Date         : Apr 9, 2024
Severity     : Medium
CVSSv3 Score : 4.4
Impact       : Information disclosure
CVE ID       : CVE-2023-48785

Summary

An improper certificate validation vulnerability [CWE-295] in FortiNAC-F may
allow a remote and unauthenticated attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle
attack on the HTTPS communication channel between the FortiOS device, an
inventory, and FortiNAC-F.

Version        | Affected            | Solution                 
FortiNAC-F 7.4 | Not affected        | Not Applicable           
FortiNAC-F 7.2 | 7.2.0 through 7.2.4 | Upgrade to 7.2.5 or above

Acknowledgement

Fortinet is pleased to thank Christian Hilgers from indevis for reporting this
vulnerability under responsible disclosure

Timeline

2024-04-09: Initial publication

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