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Palo Alto PAN-OS DNS-Proxy RCE Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Palo Alto PAN-OS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

A Remote Code Execution vulnerability exists in the PAN-OS DNS Proxy.

Insight

Insight

This issue affects customers who have DNS Proxy enabled in PAN-OS. This issue affects both the Data and Management planes of the firewall. When DNS Proxy processes a specially crafted fully qualified domain names (FQDN), it is possible to execute code on the firewall.

Affected Software

Affected Software

PAN-OS 6.1.17 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.15 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.9 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.2 and earlier

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to PAN-OS 6.1.18, PAN-OS 7.0.16, PAN-OS 7.1.10, PAN-OS 8.0.3 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)