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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2021.3035.2
PAN-OS Vulnerabilities
14 September 2021
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: PAN-OS
Publisher: Palo Alto
Operating System: Network Appliance
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Cross-site Scripting -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2021-3055 CVE-2021-3054 CVE-2021-3053
CVE-2021-3052 CVE-2020-10188
Reference: ESB-2021.2941
ESB-2021.2843
ESB-2021.2556
Original Bulletin:
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-10188
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3052
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3053
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3054
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2021-3055
Revision History: September 14 2021: Vendor added threat prevention workaround for the vulnerabilities
September 9 2021: Initial Release
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Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2020-10188
CVE-2020-10188 PAN-OS: Impact of Telnet Remote-Code-Execution (RCE)
Vulnerability (CVE-2020-10188)
047910
Severity 8.1 . HIGH
Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity HIGH
Privileges Required NONE
User Interaction NONE
Scope UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Integrity Impact HIGH
Availability Impact HIGH
NVD JSON
Published 2021-09-08
Updated 2021-09-08
Reference PAN-158262
Discovered externally
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Telnet-based administrative management
service included with PAN-OS software allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code.
The Telnet-based administrative management service is disabled by default and
this issue is not exploitable if this service is disabled.
This issue does not impact SSH or HTTPS management interfaces. This issue does
not affect Prisma Access.
Product Status
Versions Affected Unaffected
PAN-OS 10.1 None 10.1.*
PAN-OS 10.0 < 10.0.6 >= 10.0.6
PAN-OS 9.1 < 9.1.9 >= 9.1.9
PAN-OS 9.0 < 9.0.14 >= 9.0.14
PAN-OS 8.1 < 8.1.20 >= 8.1.20
Required Configuration for Exposure
This issue is exploitable only if the Telnet service is enabled and is
accessible to attackers.
Severity: HIGH
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 8.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue
targeting Palo Alto Networks products.
Weakness Type
CWE-120 Buffer Overflow
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 9.1.9, PAN-OS
10.0.6, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Disabling the Telnet-based administrative management service completely
eliminates risks of exploitation of this issue.
This issue requires the attacker to have network access to the PAN-OS Telnet
interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best
practices for securing the PAN-OS web interface. Please review the Best
Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical
documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.
If the Telnet-based administrative management service is required and you
cannot immediately upgrade your PAN-OS software, enable signatures for Unique
Threat ID 59125 on traffic destined for the Telnet interface to block attacks
against CVE-2020-10188.
Acknowledgments
This issue was found by an external researcher in the upstream Telnet code.
Timeline
2021-09-08 Initial publication
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Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2021-3052
CVE-2021-3052 PAN-OS: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Web Interface
047910
Severity 8 . HIGH
Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity LOW
Privileges Required LOW
User Interaction REQUIRED
Scope UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Integrity Impact HIGH
Availability Impact HIGH
NVD JSON
Published 2021-09-08
Updated 2021-09-13
Reference PAN-150337
Discovered externally
Description
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Palo Alto Network
PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated network-based attacker to mislead
another authenticated PAN-OS administrator to click on a specially crafted link
that performs arbitrary actions in the PAN-OS web interface as the targeted
authenticated administrator.
This issue impacts:
PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.20;
PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.14;
PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than 9.1.10;
PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than 10.0.2.
This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
Product Status
Versions Affected Unaffected
PAN-OS 10.1 None 10.1.*
PAN-OS 10.0 < 10.0.2 >= 10.0.2
PAN-OS 9.1 < 9.1.10 >= 9.1.10
PAN-OS 9.0 < 9.0.14 >= 9.0.14
PAN-OS 8.1 < 8.1.20 >= 8.1.20
Severity: HIGH
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious attempts to exploit this
vulnerability.
Weakness Type
CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.1.10, PAN-OS
10.0.2, PAN-OS 10.1.0, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Enable signatures for Unique Threat IDs 91573, 91574, 91575, 91576 on traffic
destined for the web interface to block attacks against CVE-2021-3052.
This issue requires the attacker to have authenticated access to the PAN-OS web
interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best
practices for securing the PAN-OS web interface. Please review the Best
Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical
documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.
Acknowledgments
Palo Alto Networks thanks Cristian Mocanu and Dan Marin of Deloitte for
discovering and reporting this issue.
Timeline
2021-09-12 Added threat prevention workaround for the vulnerability
2021-09-08 Initial publication
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CVE-2021-3053 PAN-OS: Exceptional Condition Denial-of-Service (DoS)
047910
Severity 7.5 . HIGH
Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity LOW
Privileges Required NONE
User Interaction NONE
Scope UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact NONE
Integrity Impact NONE
Availability Impact HIGH
NVD JSON
Published 2021-09-08
Updated 2021-09-13
Reference PAN-158723
Discovered internally
Description
An improper handling of exceptional conditions vulnerability exists in the Palo
Alto Networks PAN-OS dataplane that enables an unauthenticated network-based
attacker to send specifically crafted traffic through the firewall that causes
the service to crash. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial
of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into
maintenance mode.
This issue impacts:
PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20;
PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14;
PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.9;
PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.5.
This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
Product Status
Versions Affected Unaffected
PAN-OS 10.1 None 10.1.*
PAN-OS 10.0 < 10.0.5 >= 10.0.5
PAN-OS 9.1 < 9.1.9 >= 9.1.9
PAN-OS 9.0 < 9.0.14 >= 9.0.14
PAN-OS 8.1 < 8.1.20 >= 8.1.20
Required Configuration for Exposure
This issue is applicable only if GTP security is configured on the firewall.
Severity: HIGH
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
Weakness Type
CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 9.1.9, PAN-OS
10.0.5, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Enable signatures for Unique Threat ID 91593 on traffic processed by the
firewall to block attacks against CVE-2021-3053.
Acknowledgments
This issue was found by Nicholas Newsom of Palo Alto Networks during internal
security review.
Timeline
2021-09-13 Added required configuration for exposure and threat prevention
workaround for the vulnerability
2021-09-08 Initial publication
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CVE-2021-3054 PAN-OS: Unsigned Code Execution During Plugin Installation Race
Condition Vulnerability
047910
Severity 7.2 . HIGH
Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity LOW
Privileges Required HIGH
User Interaction NONE
Scope UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Integrity Impact HIGH
Availability Impact HIGH
NVD JSON
Published 2021-09-08
Updated 2021-09-13
Reference PAN-138727
Discovered externally
Description
A time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition vulnerability in the
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated administrator
with permission to upload plugins to execute arbitrary code with root user
privileges.
This issue impacts:
PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20;
PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14;
PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.11;
PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.7;
PAN-OS 10.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.1.2.
This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
Product Status
Versions Affected Unaffected
PAN-OS 10.1 < 10.1.2 >= 10.1.2
PAN-OS 10.0 < 10.0.7 >= 10.0.7
PAN-OS 9.1 < 9.1.11 >= 9.1.11
PAN-OS 9.0 < 9.0.14 >= 9.0.14
PAN-OS 8.1 < 8.1.20 >= 8.1.20
Severity: HIGH
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 7.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious exploitation of this issue.
Weakness Type
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 9.1.11, PAN-OS
10.0.7, PAN-OS 10.1.2, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Enable signatures for Unique Threat ID 91572 on traffic processed by the
firewall to block attacks against CVE-2021-3054.
This issue requires the attacker to have authenticated access to the PAN-OS web
interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best
practices for securing the PAN-OS web interface. Please review the Best
Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical
documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.
Acknowledgments
Palo Alto Networks thanks Praetorian for discovering and reporting this issue.
Timeline
2021-09-12 Added threat prevention workaround for the vulnerability
2021-09-08 Initial publication
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CVE-2021-3055 PAN-OS: XML External Entity (XXE) Reference Vulnerability in the
PAN-OS Web Interface
047910
Severity 6.5 . MEDIUM
Attack Vector NETWORK
Attack Complexity LOW
Privileges Required HIGH
User Interaction NONE
Scope UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact HIGH
Integrity Impact NONE
Availability Impact HIGH
NVD JSON
Published 2021-09-08
Updated 2021-09-13
Reference PAN-166241
Discovered externally
Description
An improper restriction of XML external entity (XXE) reference vulnerability in
the Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS web interface enables an authenticated
administrator to read any arbitrary file from the file system and send a
specifically crafted request to the firewall that causes the service to crash.
Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all
PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode.
This issue impacts:
PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.20;
PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.14;
PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.10;
PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.6.
This issue does not affect Prisma Access.
Product Status
Versions Affected Unaffected
PAN-OS 10.1 None 10.1.*
PAN-OS 10.0 < 10.0.6 >= 10.0.6
PAN-OS 9.1 < 9.1.10 >= 9.1.10
PAN-OS 9.0 < 9.0.14 >= 9.0.14
PAN-OS 8.1 < 8.1.20 >= 8.1.20
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 6.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Exploitation Status
Palo Alto Networks is not aware of any malicious attempts to exploit this
vulnerability.
Weakness Type
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
Solution
This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.20, PAN-OS 9.0.14, PAN-OS 9.1.10, PAN-OS
10.0.6, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Workarounds and Mitigations
Enable signatures for Unique Threat ID 91588 on traffic destined for the web
interface to block attacks against CVE-2021-3055.
This issue requires the attacker to have authenticated access to the PAN-OS web
interface. You can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best
practices for securing the PAN-OS web interface. Please review the Best
Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical
documentation at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.
Acknowledgments
This issue was found by a customer of Palo Alto Networks during a security
review.
Timeline
2021-09-12 Added threat prevention workaround for the vulnerability
2021-09-08 Initial publication
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