Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 4.0.7 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 4.0.7 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-6590. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 4.0.7 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The web-based management UI in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote attackers to obtain verbose error information via crafted input, aka Ref ID 33139.

The weakness was presented 08/31/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6590 since 08/31/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72817 (Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS < 4.0.8 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.

Upgrading to version 4.0.2 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 X-Force (87720), Tenable (72817), SecurityFocus (BID 62118†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43592†). See VDB-64831 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 72817
Nessus Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS < 4.0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PAN-OS 4.0.2

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12/18/2011 🔍
04/27/2012 +130 days 🔍
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08/31/2013 +491 days 🔍
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03/04/2014 +185 days 🔍
03/12/2014 +8 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +376 days 🔍
10/06/2018 +1292 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: paloaltonetworks.com

Advisory: securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6590 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6590
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64823
X-Force: 87720
SecurityFocus: 62118 - Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS CVE-2012-6598 Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 43592 - Palo Alto PAN-OS 4.0.0 through 4.0.7 Remote Sensitive Information Leakage via a Crafted Input, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 10/06/2018 11:21
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (59), 10/06/2018 11:21 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:1FA:103

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