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CVE-2020-2040
critical
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.
From the Tenable Blog
CVE-2020-2040: Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in PAN-OS Devices Disclosed
Published: 2020-09-10
PAN-OS devices that have enabled the captive portal or multi-factor authentication features are vulnerable to a critical buffer overflow flaw.
References
https://www.tenable.com/blog/one-year-later-what-can-we-learn-from-zerologon