CVE-2020-2015

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated users to crash system processes or potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: PAN-OS 7.1 versions earlier than 7.1.26; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.1; All versions of PAN-OS 8.0.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.0.*affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.0 < 9.0.7affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS7.1 < 7.1.26affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS8.1 < 8.1.13affected
Palo Alto NetworksPAN-OS9.1 < 9.1.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-120: CWE-120 Buffer Overflow

Workarounds

This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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