What is CVE-2016-6210?

CVE-2016-6210 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with Medium severity. CVE-2016-6210 OpenSSH Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2016-6210 cover?

CVE-2016-6210 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-6210. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2016-6210?

CVE-2016-6210 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2016-6210Medium

CVE-2016-6210 OpenSSH Vulnerability

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

November 17, 2016

Last Modified

November 17, 2016

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

Palo Alto Networks makes use of a the OpenSSH tool. CVE-2016-6210 was recently confirmed to be applicable to the version in use by PAN-OS. (Ref # 100977/CVE-2016-6210). To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to guess usernames defined as system administrators on the firewall. This issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.X and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.X and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.1.5 and earlier

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 6.0.15 and later; PAN-OS 6.1.15 and later; PAN-OS 7.0.11 and later; PAN-OS 7.1.6 and later Workarounds and mitigations: Palo Alto Networks recommends following best practices by not relying on hidden usernames and setting unique, long, and complex passwords for each of the firewall users.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-6210