Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / PAN-SA-2020-0011

PAN-SA-2020-0011 Informational: Impact of OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2020-1971


Informational

JSON CSAF
Published 2020-12-09
Updated 2020-12-09
Reference PAN-159783
Discovered externally

Description

Palo Alto Networks Product Security Assurance team has evaluated the vulnerability CVE-2020-1971 that affects the OpenSSL library.

The vulnerability does not have a security impact on PAN-OS, GlobalProtect App, or Cortex XSOAR. The scenarios required for successful exploitation do not exist on these products.

CVESummary
CVE-2020-1971Denial of service vulnerability in OpenSSL related to EDIPARTYNAME NULL pointer de-reference

Product Status

VersionsAffectedUnaffected
Cortex XSOAR NoneAll
GlobalProtect App NoneAll
PAN-OS NoneAll

Solution

No product updates are required for these issues.

Timeline

Initial publication
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