CVE-2017-5583 Information Disclosure in the Management Web Interface

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2017-5583

CVE-2017-5583 Information Disclosure in the Management Web Interface

Severity 6.5 · MEDIUM

Attack Vector NETWORK

Scope UNCHANGED

Attack Complexity LOW

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

User Interaction NONE

Availability Impact NONE

CVE JSON

Published 2017-02-21

Updated 2017-02-21

Reference PAN-70428, PAN-SA-2017-0005

Description

A vulnerability exists in the Management Web Interface that could result in Information Disclosure. (Ref # PAN-70428 / CVE-2017-5583)

PAN-OS contains a post-authentication vulnerability that may allow for Information Disclosure. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to download arbitrary files from a folder.

This issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.15 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.12 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.7 and earlier

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 7.1	<= 7.1.7	>= 7.1.8
PAN-OS 7.0	<= 7.0.12	>= 7.0.13
PAN-OS 6.1	<= 6.1.15	>= 6.1.16

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSSv3.0 Base Score: 6.5 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Weakness Type

CWE-200 Information Exposure

Solution

PAN-OS 6.1.16 and later, PAN-OS 7.0.13 and later, PAN-OS 7.1.8 and later

Workarounds and Mitigations

Palo Alto Networks recommends to implement best practice by allowing web interface access only to a dedicated management network. Additionally, restrict the set of IP addresses to a subset of authorized sources that you allow to interact with the management network.

Acknowledgments

Palo Alto Networks would like to thank Christophe Schleypen from NATO Communications and Information Agency for reporting this issue to us.