CVE-2019-1580 Memory Corruption in PAN-OS
Description
Palo Alto Networks is aware of a memory corruption vulnerability in PAN-OS (Ref: # PAN-123603/CVE-2019-1580).
Successful exploitation will allow a remote, unauthenticated user to craft a message to Secure Shell Daemon (SSHD) and corrupt arbitrary memory.
This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1.24 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.19 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.1.9 and earlier, and PAN-OS 9.0.3 and earlier.
Product Status
| Versions | Affected | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|
| PAN-OS 9.0 | <= 9.0.3 | >= 9.0.3-h3 |
| PAN-OS 8.1 | <= 8.1.9 | >= 8.1.9-h4 |
| PAN-OS 8.0 | <= 8.0.19 | >= 8.0.19-h1 |
| PAN-OS 7.1 | <= 7.1.24 | >= 7.1.24-h1 |
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 9.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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 7.1.24-h1 and later, PAN-OS 8.0.19-h1 and later, PAN-OS 8.1.9-h4 and later, and PAN-OS 9.0.3-h3 and later.
Workarounds and Mitigations
These issues affect the management interface of PAN-OS and are strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Our best practices guidelines reduce the exposure of the management interface to potential attackers. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS 9.0 technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/getting-started/best-practices-for-securing-administrative-access.html.