What is CVE-2020-1990?

CVE-2020-1990 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2020-1990 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2020-1990 cover?

CVE-2020-1990 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1990. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-1990?

CVE-2020-1990 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2020-1990High

CVE-2020-1990 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management server

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

April 8, 2020

Last Modified

April 8, 2020

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS allows an authenticated user to upload a corrupted PAN-OS configuration and potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 8.1 versions before 8.1.13; 9.0 versions before 9.0.7. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 7.1.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.13, PAN-OS 9.0.7 and all later versions. Workarounds and mitigations: These issues affect the management interface of PAN-OS and are strongly mitigated by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management interface. Our best practices guidelines reduce the exposure of the management interface to potential attackers. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS 9.0 technical documentation, available at: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/getting-started/best-practices-for-securing-administrative-access.html.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1990