CVE-2019-17440

PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Improper restriction of communication to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows root access

State
Published
Severity
10.0 Critical
Published
Dec 20, 2019
Updated
Sep 17, 2024
Reserved
Oct 10, 2019

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Description

Improper restriction of communications to Log Forwarding Card (LFC) on PA-7000 Series devices with second-generation Switch Management Card (SMC) may allow an attacker with network access to the LFC to gain root access to PAN-OS. This issue affects PAN-OS 9.0 versions prior to 9.0.5-h3 on PA-7080 and PA-7050 devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue does not affect PA-7000 Series deployments using the first-generation SMC and the Log Processing Card (LPC). This issue does not affect any other PA series devices. This issue does not affect devices without an LFC. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 or prior releases. This issue only affected a very limited number of customers and we undertook individual outreach to help them upgrade. At the time of publication, all identified customers have upgraded SW or content and are not impacted.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.110.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hpalo_alto

Weaknesses

  • CWE-923 Improper Restriction of Communication Channel to Intended Endpoints

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks
  • 9.0 to before 9.0.5-h3Affectedfrom 9.0.6, 9.0.5-h3Not affected
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks
  • 8.0Not affected
  • 8.1Not affected

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