CVE-2015-1571 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1571?

CVE-2015-1571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 10 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The CAPWAP DTLS protocol implementation in Fortinet FortiOS 5.0 Patch 7 build 4457 uses the same certificate and private key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by leveraging the Fortinet_Factory certificate and private key. NOTE: FG-IR-15-002 says "The Fortinet_Factory certificate is unique to each device ... An attacker cannot therefore stage a MitM attack.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1571?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1571?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1571 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-1571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Fortios

• CVE-2024-23113 Fortinet Multiple Products Format String Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-40684 Fortinet Multiple Products Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-55591 Fortinet FortiOS and FortiProxy Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-42475 Fortinet FortiOS Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.3

All Fortinet Fortios vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j86q-w3f9-5q6c.