CVE-2016-6210 OpenSSH Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2016-6210

CVE-2016-6210 OpenSSH Vulnerability

Severity 5.9 · MEDIUM

Attack Vector NETWORK

Scope UNCHANGED

Attack Complexity HIGH

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

User Interaction NONE

Availability Impact NONE

NVD JSON

Published 2016-11-17

Updated

Reference 100977 PAN-SA-2016-0036

Description

Palo Alto Networks makes use of a the OpenSSH tool. CVE-2016-6210 was recently confirmed to be applicable to the version in use by PAN-OS. (Ref # 100977/CVE-2016-6210).

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to guess usernames defined as system administrators on the firewall.

This issue affects PAN-OS 5.0.X and earlier; PAN-OS 5.1.X and earlier; PAN-OS 6.0.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 6.1.14 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.0.10 and earlier; PAN-OS 7.1.5 and earlier

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 7.1	<= 7.1.5	>= 7.1.6
PAN-OS 7.0	<= 7.0.10	>= 7.0.11
PAN-OS 6.1	<= 6.1.14	>= 6.1.15
PAN-OS 6.0	<= 6.0.14	>= 6.0.15
PAN-OS 5.1	5.1.*
PAN-OS 5.0	5.0.*

Severity:MEDIUM

CVSSv3.1 Base Score:5.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Weakness Type

CWE-200 Information Exposure

Solution

PAN-OS 6.0.15 and later; PAN-OS 6.1.15 and later; PAN-OS 7.0.11 and later; PAN-OS 7.1.6 and later

Workarounds and Mitigations

Palo Alto Networks recommends following best practices by not relying on hidden usernames and setting unique, long, and complex passwords for each of the firewall users.