Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.2 Management Web Interface input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component Management Web Interface. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-10140. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.2 (Firewall Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Management Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The PAN-OS Management Web Interface in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier may allow an authenticated user to shut down all management sessions, resulting in all logged in users to be redirected to the login page. PAN-OS 6.1, PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0 are NOT affected.

The bug was discovered 08/15/2018. The weakness was presented 08/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-10140 since 04/16/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 112161 (Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 6.1.21 and earlier / 7.1.x < 7.1.19 / 8.0.x < 8.0.12 / 8.1.x < 8.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Palo Alto Local Security Checks and running in the context c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 13248 (Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Web-Interface Denial of Service Vulnerability(PAN-SA-2018-0010)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (112161) and SecurityFocus (BID 105107†). See VDB-122977 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 112161
Nessus Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 6.1.21 and earlier / 7.1.x < 7.1.19 / 8.0.x < 8.0.12 / 8.1.x < 8.1.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/16/2018 🔍
08/15/2018 +121 days 🔍
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08/28/2018 +11 days 🔍
05/02/2023 +1708 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-10140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-10140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122978
SecurityFocus: 105107 - Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS CVE-2018-10140 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041545

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/17/2018 06:38
Updated: 05/02/2023 11:55
Changes: 08/17/2018 06:38 (68), 03/16/2020 10:21 (6), 05/02/2023 11:55 (4)
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