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Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.
References
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2020-09-09
Updated: 2020-09-15
Type: CWE-120
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 10
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: CRITICAL
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from 8.0.0 to 8.0.20 (inclusive)
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140516 | Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.0.x < 8.1.15 / 9.0.x < 9.0.9 / 9.1.x < 9.1.3 Buffer Overflow | Nessus | Palo Alto Local Security Checks | critical |