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CVE-2020-2040

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow when Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 9.0.9, 9.1.3, 8.1.15
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

    From 9.0 · fixed in 9.0.9; From 9.1 · fixed in 9.1.3; From 8.1 · fixed in 8.1.15

References 1

security.paloaltonetworks.com