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Privilege Escalation in PAN-OS

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/18/2019
Created
07/16/2019
Added
07/16/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel through 4.20.11, af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr.

Solution(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-7-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-9-0

References

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