CVE-2020-1992

High

Description

A 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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.1
Exploit probability—
ProductPaloaltonetworks Pan-os
PublishedApr 8, 2020
First seenApr 8, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-134CWE-134

How to fix

Update
  • paloaltonetworks pan-os9.0.7, 9.1.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
paloaltonetworks pan-os9.0.0 ≤ v < 9.0.7, 9.1.0 ≤ v < 9.1.29.0.7, 9.1.2

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