Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.15/9.0.9/9.1.3/10.0.0 Management Web Interface Request resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.15/9.0.9/9.1.3/10.0.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Management Web Interface. This manipulation as part of Request causes resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-2039. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 8.1.15/9.0.9/9.1.3/10.0.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Management Web Interface. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS allows for a remote unauthenticated user to upload temporary files through the management web interface that are not properly deleted after the request is finished. It is possible for an attacker to disrupt the availability of the management web interface by repeatedly uploading files until available disk space is exhausted. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.16; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.10; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.4; PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at security.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-2039 since 12/04/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.1.16, 9.0.10, 9.1.4 or 10.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Palo Alto

Name

• PAN-OS

Version

• 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
• 8.1.14
• 8.1.15
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.3
• 9.0.4
• 9.0.5
• 9.0.6
• 9.0.7
• 9.0.8
• 9.0.9
• 9.1.0
• 9.1.1
• 9.1.2
• 9.1.3
• 10.0

License

• commercial

Website

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

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