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CVE-2021-3156 Informational: Impact of Sudo Vulnerability CVE-2021-3156


Informational

CVE JSON CSAF
Published 2021-02-10
Updated 2021-12-01
Discovered externally

Description

Palo Alto Networks Product Security Assurance team has evaluated the Sudo software vulnerability CVE-2021-3156.

PAN-OS software, Prisma Cloud compute, and Prisma SD-WAN (CloudGenix) devices do not include the Sudo program and, therefore, no scenarios required for successful exploitation exist in these Palo Alto Networks products.

CVESummary
CVE-2021-3156Conditions required for exploiting this vulnerability do not exist in PAN-OS software, Prisma Cloud compute, or Prisma SD-WAN (CloudGenix) software.

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
PAN-OS NoneAll
Prisma Cloud Compute NoneAll
Prisma SD-WAN (CloudGenix) NoneAll

Solution

No product updates are required for this vulnerability.

Timeline

Fix a typo in Prisma Cloud Compute name.
Initial publication
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