What is CVE-2016-8492?

CVE-2016-8492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortigate, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-8492?

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

Information disclosure in Fortinet Fortigate

CVE-2016-8492

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.014 (70.1th 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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Fortinet Fortigate — versions Before 5.0
Fortinet Fortios — versions 4.3.0, 4.3.10, 4.3.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@fortinet.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@fortinet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8492?: CVE-2016-8492 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fortinet Fortigate, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-8492?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.