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PAN-OS: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in GlobalProtect Portal and Gateway Interfaces

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PAN-OS: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in GlobalProtect Portal and Gateway Interfaces

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/10/2021
Created
11/12/2021
Added
11/11/2021
Modified
11/26/2021

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect portal and gateway interfaces that enables an unauthenticated network-based attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The attacker must have network access to the GlobalProtect interface to exploit this issue. This issue impacts PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.17. Prisma Access customers are not impacted by this issue.

Solution(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-1

References

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