CVE-2018-18065 Denial of Service in PAN-OS Management Interface
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in the SNMP library that affects PAN-OS Management Interface. (Ref # PAN-106922, CVE-2018-18065).
Successful exploitation of this issue would allow a remote unauthenticated user to cause the SNMP daemon to crash, resulting in a denial of service. The unauthenticated user would already have to have access to the management interface to make this vulnerability work.
This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1.22 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.15 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.1.6 and earlier. PAN-OS 9.0 is NOT affected
Product Status
| Versions | Affected | Unaffected |
|---|---|---|
| PAN-OS 8.1 | <= 8.1.6 | >= 8.1.7 |
| PAN-OS 8.0 | <= 8.0.15 | >= 8.0.16 |
| PAN-OS 7.1 | <= 7.1.22 | >= 7.1.23 |
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Weakness Type
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Solution
PAN-OS 7.1.23 and later, PAN-OS 8.0.16 and later, and PAN-OS 8.1.7 and later.
Workarounds and Mitigations
This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is 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: