CVE-2019-17652 Memory corruption in Fortinet FortiClientLinux
A stack buffer overflow in FortiClient for Linux allows low-privilege users to crash root-privileged processes via crafted IPC requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-17652?
CVE-2019-17652 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fortinet Forticlient, published on 6 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A stack buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiClient for Linux 6.2.1 and below may allow a user with low privilege to cause FortiClient processes running under root priviledge crashes via sending specially crafted "StartAvCustomScan" type IPC client requests to the fctsched process due the argv data not been well sanitized.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-17652?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Fortinet Forticlient.
How do I fix CVE-2019-17652?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-17652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-17652 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-17652 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fortinet Forticlient
- CVE-2019-17658 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClientWindows
- CVE-2023-45590 Code injection in FortiClientLinux
- CVE-2017-14184 Information disclosure in FortiClient SSLVPN Client for Linux
- CVE-2016-8493 Privilege escalation in Fortinet FortiClient
- CVE-2020-15934 Privilege escalation in FortiClientLinux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j454-8m43-mvvq.