#VU31451 Data Handling in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2016-9149 

 

#VU31451 Data Handling in Palo Alto PAN-OS - CVE-2016-9149

Published: November 19, 2016 / Updated: July 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31451
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9149
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Palo Alto PAN-OS
Software vendor:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.

The Addresses Object parser in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 5.0.20, 5.1.x before 5.1.13, 6.0.x before 6.0.15, 6.1.x before 6.1.15, 7.0.x before 7.0.11, and 7.1.x before 7.1.6 mishandles single quote characters, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct XPath injection attacks via a crafted string.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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