CVE-2020-1992

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-1992
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-08 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-10 13:16:00 UTC
DescriptionA format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.2 on PA-7000 Series devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue requires WildFire services to be configured and enabled. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 and earlier releases. This issue does not affect any other PA Series firewalls.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Paloaltonetworks Pa-7050 - All All All
Hardware Paloaltonetworks Pa-7050 - All All All
Hardware Paloaltonetworks Pa-7080 - All All All
Hardware Paloaltonetworks Pa-7080 - All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All
Operating System Paloaltonetworks Pan-os All All All All

References

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CVE-2020-1992 PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Varrcvr daemon network-based denial of service or privilege escalation MISC security.paloaltonetworks.com Vendor Advisory
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This issue was found by a customer.

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