Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2015-7547

CVE-2015-7547 Glibc DNS Resolver Vulnerability

047910
Severity 8.1 · HIGH
Attack Vector NETWORK
Scope UNCHANGED
Attack Complexity HIGH
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Privileges Required NONE
Integrity Impact HIGH
User Interaction NONE
Availability Impact HIGH

Description

A vulnerability in the GNU libc (glibc) DNS resolver allows remote code execution (CVE-2015-7547). However, this issue can be exploited only from a DNS server that is under the control of an attacker. (Ref # 91886).

This glibc issue is only exploitable by an attacker controlling the DNS server configured for the device. Furthermore, the attacker must overcome additional anti-exploitation mitigations, such as ASLR, to mount a successful attack.

This issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.19 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.12 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.12 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.7 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.1.3 and earlier

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
PAN-OS 7.1<= 7.1.3>= 7.1.4
PAN-OS 7.0<= 7.0.7>= 7.0.8
PAN-OS 6.1<= 6.1.12>= 6.1.13
PAN-OS 6.0<= 6.0.14>= 6.0.15
PAN-OS 5.1<= 5.1.12>= 5.1.13
PAN-OS 5.0<= 5.0.19>= 5.0.20

Severity: HIGH

CVSSv3.0 Base Score: 8.1 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Weakness Type

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Solution

PAN-OS 5.0.20 and later; PAN-OS 5.1.13 and later; PAN-OS 6.0.15 and later; PAN-OS 6.1.13 and later; PAN-OS 7.0.8 and later; PAN-OS 7.1.4 and later

Workarounds and Mitigations

This vulnerability can affect PAN-OS software only when the device is configured with a DNS server that is under the control of an attacker. Palo Alto Networks discourages configuring the device with untrusted DNS servers.

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