What is CVE-2020-2006?

CVE-2020-2006 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2020-2006 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in management server payload parser

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2020-2006 cover?

CVE-2020-2006 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-2006. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-2006?

CVE-2020-2006 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2020-2006High

CVE-2020-2006 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in management server payload parser

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

May 13, 2020

Last Modified

May 13, 2020

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the management server component of PAN-OS that allows an authenticated user to potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

This issue affects: All versions of PAN-OS 7.1 and 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than 8.1.14.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 8.1.14 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. Workarounds and mitigations: 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.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2006