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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1.x < 8.1.19 / 9.0.x < 9.0.14 / 9.1.x < 9.1.10 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152523

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Synopsis

The remote PAN-OS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is 8.1.x prior to 8.1.19 or 9.0.x prior to 9.0.14 or 9.1.x prior to 9.1.10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability.

 - An OS command argument injection vulnerability in the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator to read any arbitrary file from the file system. (CVE-2021-3045)

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 8.1.19 / 9.0.14 / 9.1.10 or later

See Also

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3045

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152523

File Name: palo_alto_CVE-2021-3045.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Published: 8/12/2021

Updated: 8/20/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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: 8/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3045

CWE: 88