Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW/PAN-OS/Prisma Access null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-9472. 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, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS and Prisma Access (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic through the data plane, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will result in PAN-OS entering maintenance mode. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected. This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS: * 10.2.7-h12 * 10.2.8-h10 * 10.2.9-h9 * 10.2.9-h11 * 10.2.10-h2 * 10.2.10-h3 * 10.2.11 * 10.2.11-h1 * 10.2.11-h2 * 10.2.11-h3 * 11.1.2-h9 * 11.1.2-h12 * 11.1.3-h2 * 11.1.3-h4 * 11.1.3-h6 * 11.2.2 * 11.2.2-h1

The advisory is shared at security.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9472 since 10/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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• Firewall Software

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• Palo Alto Networks

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• Cloud NGFW
• PAN-OS
• Prisma Access

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