Last revised: 11/17/2016

Summary

Palo Alto Networks web management server improperly handles a buffer overflow. This can result in a possible remote code execution (RCE). (Ref # PAN-63073/102953/CVE-2016-9150)

Severity: Critical

An attacker with network access to the management web interface may be able to perform a remote code execution (RCE) or denial-of-service (DoS).

Products Affected

PAN-OS 5.0.19 and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.12 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.1.5 and earlier

Available Updates

PAN-OS 5.0.20 and later; PAN-OS 5.1.13 and later; PAN-OS 6.0.15 and later; PAN-OS 6.1.15 and later; PAN-OS 7.0.11 and later; PAN-OS 7.1.6 and later

Workarounds and Mitigations

Palo Alto Networks recommends to implement best practice by allowing web interface access only to a dedicated management network. Additionally, restrict the set of IP addresses to a subset of authorized sources that you allow to interact with the management network.

Acknowledgements

Palo Alto Networks would like to thank Tavis Ormandy from the Google Security Team for reporting this issue to us.