Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2017-6460

CVE-2017-6460 NTP Vulnerability

047910
Severity 8.8 · HIGH
Attack Vector NETWORK
Scope UNCHANGED
Attack Complexity LOW
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Privileges Required LOW
Integrity Impact HIGH
User Interaction NONE
Availability Impact HIGH

Description

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) library has been found to contain a vulnerability CVE-2017-6460. Palo Alto Networks software makes use of the vulnerable library and may be affected. This issue only affects the management plane of the firewall. (Ref # PAN-76130 / CVE-2017-6460)

Successful exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to be on the management interface.

This issue affects PAN-OS 6.1, PAN-OS 7.0.17 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.11 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.3 and earlier

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
PAN-OS 8.0<= 8.0.3>= 8.0.4
PAN-OS 7.1<= 7.1.11>= 7.1.12
PAN-OS 7.0<= 7.0.17>= 7.0.18
PAN-OS 6.16.1.*

Severity: HIGH

CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 8.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 7.0.18 or later, PAN-OS 7.1.12 or later, PAN-OS 8.0.4 or 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.

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