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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 7.1.x < 8.1.14 / 8.0.x < 8.1.14 / 8.1.x < 8.1.14 / 9.0.x < 9.0.7 / 9.1.x < 9.1.1 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138036

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 7.1.x prior to 8.1.14 or 8.0.x prior to 8.1.14 or 8.1.x prior to 8.1.14 or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.7 or 9.1.x prior to 9.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 - An external control of filename vulnerability in the command processing of PAN-OS allows an authenticated administrator to delete arbitrary system files affecting the integrity of the system or causing denial of service to all PAN-OS services. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1; PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.1. (CVE-2020-2003)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PAN-OS 8.1.14 / 8.1.14 / 8.1.14 / 9.0.7 / 9.1.1 or later

See Also

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2003

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/73.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138036

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2020-2003.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Published: 7/2/2020

Updated: 10/13/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-2003

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os

Required KB Items: Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Full_Version, Host/Palo_Alto/Firewall/Source

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-2003

CWE: 73