CVE-2020-2031 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

Severity

49%

Complexity

12%

Confidentiality

60%

An integer underflow vulnerability in the dnsproxyd component of the PAN-OS management interface allows authenticated administrators to issue a command from the command line interface that causes the component to stop responding. Repeated attempts to send this request result in denial of service to all PAN-OS services by restarting the device and putting it into maintenance mode. This issue impacts: PAN-OS 9.1 versions earlier than PAN-OS 9.1.3. This issue does not impact PAN-OS 8.1, PAN-OS 9.0, or Prisma Access services.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Demo Examples

Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

CWE-191

The following example subtracts from a 32 bit signed integer.


               
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return 0;

The example has an integer underflow. The value of i is already at the lowest negative value possible, so after subtracting 1, the new value of i is 2147483647.

Overview

First reported 4 years ago

2020-07-08 17:15:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-07-14 17:56:00

Affected Software

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

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