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CVE-2024-2550: PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) in GlobalProtect Gateway Using a Specially Crafted Packet (Severity: MEDIUM)

First published: Wed Nov 13 2024(Updated: )

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in the GlobalProtect gateway in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop the GlobalProtect service on the firewall by sending a specially crafted packet that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Credit: psirt@paloaltonetworks.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS<11.1.5=11.1.0<11.0.6=11.0.0<10.2.11=10.2.0
11.1.5
11.1.4-h9
11.0.6
10.2.11
10.2.10-h10
10.2.9-h18
10.2.8-h18
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

Remedy

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.11, PAN-OS 11.0.6, PAN-OS 11.1.5, and all later PAN-OS versions.

Remedy

No workaround or mitigation is available.

Remedy

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.11, PAN-OS 11.0.6, PAN-OS 11.1.5, and all later PAN-OS versions. In addition, in an attempt to provide the most seamless upgrade path for our customers, we are making additional fixes available as noted below: * Additional 11.1 fix: * 11.1.4-h9 * Additional 10.2 fixes: * 10.2.10-h10 * 10.2.9-h18 * 10.2.8-h18

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