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Palo Alto PAN-OS Kernel 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 vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel of PAN-OS that may result in Remote Code Execution.
Insight
Insight
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel networking subsystem for UDP could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. The Data Plane (DP) of PAN-OS is not affected by this issue since it does not use the vulnerable Linux kernel code.
Affected Software
Affected Software
PAN-OS 6.1.17 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0, PAN-OS 7.1.10 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, 7.1.11, 8.0.3 and later.