Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.x < 8.1.18 / 9.0.x < 9.0.12 / 9.1.x < 9.1.5 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144930

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 8.1.x prior to 8.1.18 or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.12 or 9.1.x prior to 9.1.5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

- Padding bytes in Ethernet packets on PA-200, PA-220, PA-500, PA-800, PA-2000 Series, PA-3000 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series firewalls are not cleared before the data frame is created. This leaks a small amount of random information from the firewall memory into the Ethernet packets. An attacker on the same Ethernet subnet as the PAN-OS firewall is able to collect potentially sensitive information from these packets. (CVE-2021-3031)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 8.1.18 / 9.0.12 / 9.1.5 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144930

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2021-3031.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: combined

Family: Palo Alto Local Security Checks

Published: 1/13/2021

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3031

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3031

CWE: 200

IAVA: 2021-A-0042-S

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