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PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via a Burst of Crafted Packets

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PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) via a Burst of Crafted Packets

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/10/2024
Created
04/11/2024
Added
04/11/2024
Modified
04/12/2024

Description

A memory leak exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that enables an attacker to send a burst of crafted packets through the firewall that eventually prevents the firewall from processing traffic. This issue applies only to PA-5400 Series devices that are running PAN-OS software with the SSL Forward Proxy feature enabled.

Solution(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-10-2
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-11-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-11-1

References

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