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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2020-2040

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

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

  • 8.0.*affected
  • 9.0 to < 9.0.9affected
  • 9.1 to < 9.1.3affected
  • 8.1 to < 8.1.15affected
  • 10.0.0 to < 10.0*unaffected

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