Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.1.x/8.0.x/8.1.13/9.0.7 GlobalProtect Portal session fixiation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.1.x/8.0.x/8.1.13/9.0.7. This affects an unknown part of the component GlobalProtect Portal. The manipulation leads to session fixiation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-1993. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.1.x/8.0.x/8.1.13/9.0.7 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component GlobalProtect Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The GlobalProtect Portal feature in PAN-OS does not set a new session identifier after a successful user login, which allows session fixation attacks, if an attacker is able to control a user's session ID. This issue affects: All PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0 versions; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.8.

The weakness was released 05/13/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-1993 since 12/04/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 8.1.14 or 9.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-155205, VDB-155204, VDB-155203 and VDB-155202. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• PAN-OS

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 8.0
• 8.1.0
• 8.1.1
• 8.1.2
• 8.1.3
• 8.1.4
• 8.1.5
• 8.1.6
• 8.1.7
• 8.1.8
• 8.1.9
• 8.1.10
• 8.1.11
• 8.1.12
• 8.1.13
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3
• 9.0.4
• 9.0.5
• 9.0.6
• 9.0.7

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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