Input validation error in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2012-6597
Published: August 31, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42603
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6597
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Affected software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.11 and 4.0.x before 4.0.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (management-server crash) by using the command-line interface for a crafted command, aka Ref ID 35254.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6597
Install update from vendor's website.