CVE-2020-2027

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in authd authentication response

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: Jun 10, 2020
Updated: Sep 17, 2024
Reserved: Dec 4, 2019

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the authd component of the PAN-OS management server allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges. This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.13; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.7.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	palo_alto

Weaknesses

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PAN-OSPalo Alto Networks	7.1.Affected 8.0.Affected 8.1 to before 8.1.13Affectedfrom 8.1.13Not affected 9.0 to before 9.0.7Affectedfrom 9.0.7Not affected 9.1.0 to before 9.1*Not affected

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2027

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