CVE-2024-9472

PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using Specially Crafted Traffic

Description

A null pointer dereference in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software on PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms when Decryption policy is enabled allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash PAN-OS by sending specific traffic through the data plane, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will result in PAN-OS entering maintenance mode. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access are not affected. This issue only affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series running these specific versions of PAN-OS: * 10.2.7-h12 * 10.2.8-h10 * 10.2.9-h9 * 10.2.9-h11 * 10.2.10-h2 * 10.2.10-h3 * 10.2.11 * 10.2.11-h1 * 10.2.11-h2 * 10.2.11-h3 * 11.1.2-h9 * 11.1.2-h12 * 11.1.3-h2 * 11.1.3-h4 * 11.1.3-h6 * 11.2.2 * 11.2.2-h1

Remediation

Solution:

  • This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.7-h16, PAN-OS 10.2.8-h13, PAN-OS 10.2.9-h14, PAN-OS 10.2.10-h7, PAN-OS 10.2.11-h4, PAN-OS 11.1.2-h14, PAN-OS 11.1.3-h10, PAN-OS 11.2.2-h3, PAN-OS 11.2.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.

Workaround:

  • This issue does not impact firewalls that do not have url proxy or any decrypt-policy configured. The issue can be completely mitigated by setting this option: set system setting ctd nonblocking-pattern-match disable

Category

8.7
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 4.0 •
EPSS 0.27%
Vendor Advisory paloaltonetworks.com
Affected: Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW
Affected: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Affected: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
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References

Link Tags
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9472 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-9472?
CVE-2024-9472 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-9472?
To fix CVE-2024-9472: This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 10.2.7-h16, PAN-OS 10.2.8-h13, PAN-OS 10.2.9-h14, PAN-OS 10.2.10-h7, PAN-OS 10.2.11-h4, PAN-OS 11.1.2-h14, PAN-OS 11.1.3-h10, PAN-OS 11.2.2-h3, PAN-OS 11.2.3, and all later PAN-OS versions.
Is CVE-2024-9472 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-9472 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-9472?
CVE-2024-9472 affects Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access.
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