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CVE-2021-44142 Informational: Impact of the Samba Vulnerability CVE-2021-44142 on PAN-OS


Informational

CVE JSON CSAF
Published 2022-03-09
Updated 2022-03-09
Reference PAN-187873
Discovered externally

Description

The Palo Alto Networks Product Security Assurance team has evaluated the Samba CVE-2021-44142 vulnerability.

Though PAN-OS software contains Samba packages, there isn’t a Samba server that runs in PAN-OS software that could enable an attacker to exploit this vulnerability, which means there are no scenarios that enable successful exploitation of this vulnerability in PAN-OS software.

To reiterate, there is no known security impact for this vulnerability on PAN-OS or Prisma Access appliances.

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
PAN-OS NoneAll
Prisma Access NoneAll

Weakness Type

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Solution

No product updates are required for this vulnerability.

Timeline

Initial publication
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