A missing authorization vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS Panorama allows a remote unauthenticated user to inject messages into the management server ms.log file. This vulnerability can be leveraged to obfuscate an ongoing attack or fabricate log entries in the ms.log file This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than 9.0.9.
Fixes

Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.14, PAN-OS 9.0.9, and all later PAN-OS versions. PAN-OS 8.0 is now end-of-life as of October 31, 2019, and is no longer covered by our Product Security Assurance policies. PAN-OS 7.1 is on extended support until June 30, 2020, and is only being considered for critical security vulnerability fixes.


Workaround

This issue affects the management interface of PAN-OS and is strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: palo_alto

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Updated: 2024-09-17T02:20:44.846Z

Reserved: 2019-12-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-1996

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-13T19:15:12.613

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:48.773

Link: CVE-2020-1996

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