What is CVE-2020-1992?

CVE-2020-1992 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2020-1992 PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Varrcvr daemon network-based denial of service or privilege escalation

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2020-1992 cover?

CVE-2020-1992 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1992. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-1992?

CVE-2020-1992 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2020-1992High

CVE-2020-1992 PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Varrcvr daemon network-based denial of service or privilege escalation

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 format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.2 on PA-7000 Series devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue requires WildFire services to be configured and enabled. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 and earlier releases. This issue does not affect any other PA Series firewalls.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.2 and all later versions. Workarounds and mitigations: There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1992