CVE-2019-17652: 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…

PriorityP336medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.45%

70.3th percentile

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.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	forticlient	<= 6.2.1	—
fortinet	forticlient	—	—
fortinet	fortinet_forticlientlinux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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