CVE-2017-7216 Information Disclosure in the Management Web Interface

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2017-7216

CVE-2017-7216 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 2017-04-10

Updated 2017-04-10

Reference PAN-70434, PAN-SA-2017-0010

Description

A vulnerability exists in the Management Web Interface that could allow for Information Disclosure. The Management Web Interface does not properly validate specific request parameters which can potentially allow for Information Disclosure. (Ref # PAN-70434 / CVE-2017-7216)

Successfully exploiting this issue would require an attacker to be authenticated.

This issue affects PAN-OS 7.1.8 and earlier

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 7.1	<= 7.1.8	>= 7.1.9

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 7.1.9 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.