What is CVE-2020-2042?

CVE-2020-2042 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with High severity. CVE-2020-2042 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management web interface

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2020-2042 cover?

CVE-2020-2042 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-2042. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-2042?

CVE-2020-2042 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2020-2042High

CVE-2020-2042 PAN-OS: Buffer overflow in the management web interface

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

September 9, 2020

Last Modified

September 9, 2020

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the PAN-OS management web interface allows authenticated administrators to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

This issue impacts only PAN-OS 10.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 10.0.1.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.0.1 and all later PAN-OS versions. Workarounds and mitigations: This issue impacts the PAN-OS management web interface but you can mitigate the impact of this issue by following best practices for securing the PAN-OS management web interface. Please review the Best Practices for Securing Administrative Access in the PAN-OS technical documentation, available at https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/best-practices.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-2042