Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Remote DoS (PAN-SA-2016-0027)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96314

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS running on the remote host is affected by a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the web management interface, specifically in the parseRange() function within file rx.c, when handling HTTP requests involving a Range header with an empty value.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to cause the Appweb process for the management interface to terminate, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Note that PAN-OS is reportedly affected by other vulnerabilities as well; however, Nessus has not tested for these.

Solution

Upgrade to Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS version 5.0.20 / 5.1.13 / 6.0.15 / 6.1.15 / 7.0.11 / 7.1.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96314

File Name: palo_alto_PAN-SA-2016-0027_remote.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Denial of Service

Published: 1/5/2017

Updated: 11/22/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/palo_alto_panos

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9708

BID: 73407

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