SB2020070906 - Integer underflow in Palo Alto PAN-OS



SB2020070906 - Integer underflow in Palo Alto PAN-OS

Published: July 9, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020070906
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2031)

CWE-ID: CWE-191 - Integer underflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow in the dnsproxyd component of the PAN-OS management interface. A remote authenticated administrator attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application, trigger integer underflow and perform a denial of service attack by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.