PT-2024-8343 · Palo Alto Networks · Pan-Os

A Customer · Published 2024-11-13 · Updated 2025-01-24 · CVE-2024-2551

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:N/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PAN-OS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the PAN-OS software, which enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop a core system service on the firewall by sending a crafted packet through the data plane, causing a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-09899

CVE-2024-2551

Affected Products

Pan-Os

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2551 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2551 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-09899 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/101650 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1513 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10924 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1857077002571788449 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1857001180745896085 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1857065022326817121 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/108496 · Telegram Post