Palo Alto Released Security Updates – 11 August 2022

Palo Alto has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. The remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of the affected system.

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a misconfiguration flaw in the URL filtering policy. The remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted request to conduct reflected and amplified TCP denial-of-service (RDoS) attacks.

The mentioned DoS attack would appear to originate from a Palo Alto Networks PASeries (hardware), VM-Series (virtual), and CN-Series (container) firewall against an attacker-specified target.

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS denial of service (CVE-2022-0028):

  • CVSS: 8.6
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Consequences: Denial of Service

It should be highlighted that Palo Alto is aware of a specifically crafted proof of concept (POC) that reduces the effectiveness of the Cortex XDR agent Anti- Ransomware endpoint protection module. This flaw affected versions earlier than (CU-610) therefore Palo Alto recommends deploying the update to (CU-610) content update and later.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-0028

Mitigations

The enterprise should deploy this patch as soon as the testing phase is completed.
Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

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