PAN-OS Packet Processing Exploit Reboots PA-5400/PA-7000
CVE-2024-3385 Published on April 10, 2024

PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) when GTP Security is Disabled
A packet processing mechanism in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a remote attacker to reboot hardware-based firewalls. Repeated attacks eventually cause the firewall to enter maintenance mode, which requires manual intervention to bring the firewall back online. This affects the following hardware firewall models: - PA-5400 Series firewalls - PA-7000 Series firewalls

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-3385 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Initial publication

Weakness Types

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. NULL pointer dereference issues can occur through a number of flaws, including race conditions, and simple programming omissions.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-3385

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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS
 

Affected Versions

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW: Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access: paloaltonetworks pan-os: paloaltonetworks cloud_ngfw: paloaltonetworks prisma_access:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
2.66%
Percentile
85.52%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.