CVE-2016-8492 Information disclosure in Fortinet FortiGate

What is CVE-2016-8492?

CVE-2016-8492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, published on 8 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The implementation of an ANSI X9.31 RNG in Fortinet FortiGate allows attackers to gain unauthorized read access to data handled by the device via IPSec/TLS decryption.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8492?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fortinet Fortios.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8492?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8492 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-8492 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8492 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
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Also known as GHSA-m77f-rqj8-qpp9.