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CVE-2020-2040 A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially…

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt system processes and potentially execute arbitrary code with root privileges by sending a malicious request to the Captive Portal or Multi-Factor Authentication interface. This issue impacts: All versions of PAN-OS 8.0; PAN-OS 8.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 8.1.15; PAN-OS 9.0 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.0.9; PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
PAN-OS 10.0 earliest → < 10.0.0 10.0.0
PAN-OS 9.1 9.1 → < 9.1.3 9.1.3
PAN-OS 9.0 9.0 → < 9.0.9 9.0.9
PAN-OS 8.1 8.1 → < 8.1.15 8.1.15

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