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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-2040 EUVD-2020-22066GHSA-pf79-9hv7-chg5

PAN-OS: Buffer overflow when Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is enabled

Published Sep 9, 2020 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by palo_alto

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.0.*, 9.0 – < 9.0.9, 9.1 – < 9.1.3, 8.1 – < 8.1.15 9.0.9

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