What is CVE-2017-6460?

CVE-2017-6460 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2017-6460 NTP Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2017-6460 cover?

CVE-2017-6460 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2017-6460. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2017-6460?

CVE-2017-6460 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2017-6460High

CVE-2017-6460 NTP Vulnerability

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

July 27, 2017

Last Modified

July 27, 2017

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) library has been found to contain a vulnerability CVE-2017-6460. Palo Alto Networks software makes use of the vulnerable library and may be affected. This issue only affects the management plane of the firewall. (Ref # PAN-76130 / CVE-2017-6460) Successful exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to be on the management interface. This issue affects PAN-OS 6.1, PAN-OS 7.0.17 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.11 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.3 and earlier

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 7.0.18 or later, PAN-OS 7.1.12 or later, PAN-OS 8.0.4 or later Workarounds and mitigations: Palo Alto Networks recommends to implement best practice by allowing web interface access only to a dedicated management network. Additionally, restrict the set of IP addresses to a subset of authorized sources that you allow to interact with the management network.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-6460