What is CVE-2016-7541?

CVE-2016-7541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-7541?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios

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 configured in flow mode. All FortiGate versions with IPS configured in proxy mode (the default mode) are not affected.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortios — versions 5.0.0, 5.2.3, 5.0.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

psirt@fortinet.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Not Applicable)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7541?: CVE-2016-7541 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-7541?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.