VDB-82279 · CVE-2016-3657 · Nessus 90246

Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 7.0.2H1 GlobalProtect Portal memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 5.0.17/5.1.10/6.0.12/6.1.9/7.0.2H1. Affected is an unknown function of the component GlobalProtect Portal. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3657. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Palo Alto PAN-OS up to 5.0.17/5.1.10/6.0.12/6.1.9/7.0.2H1 (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component GlobalProtect Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the GlobalProtect Portal in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.18, 6.0.x before 6.0.13, 6.1.x before 6.1.10, and 7.0.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an SSL VPN request.

The weakness was shared 04/12/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3657. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90246 (Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect Web Portal RCE (PAN-SA-2016-0005)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family General.

Upgrading to version 5.0.18, 5.1.11, 6.0.13 or 7.0.2H2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (90246). The entries VDB-82278, VDB-82277 and VDB-82276 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Firewall Software

Vendor

Palo Alto

Name

PAN-OS

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License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 90246
Nessus Name: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect Web Portal RCE (PAN-SA-2016-0005)
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OpenVAS ID: 867651
OpenVAS Name: Palo Alto PAN-OS PAN-SA-2016-0005
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