{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"Denial of Service Against GlobalProtect"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2017-15942","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-08T08:17:25.632Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-08T08:17:25.632Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2017-15942","initial_release_date":"2017-12-06T00:00:00.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2017-12-05T16:00:00.000Z","summary":"Initial publication"},{"number":"2","date":"2020-05-18T09:00:00.000Z","summary":"Updated credit statement"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2017-15942","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-397","PANW-PAN-OS-402","PANW-PAN-OS-403","PANW-PAN-OS-404"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-400","PANW-PAN-OS-401","PANW-PAN-OS-407","PANW-PAN-OS-408"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"A vulnerability exists in PAN-OS that could lead to denying access to GlobalProtect portal, GlobalProtect gateway or preventing configuration commits. (Ref # PAN-78127 / CVE-2017-15942)\nPAN-OS contains a vulnerability in GlobalProtect that may allow a non-authenticated third party to mount a Denial of Service attack against the GlobalProtect portal, GlobalProtect gateway or preventing configuration commits. This vulnerability is only available when the GlobalProtect gateway or portal is running.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.12 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.5 and earlier"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2017-15942","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15942"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2017-15942","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2017-15942"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"A vulnerability exists in PAN-OS that could lead to denying access to GlobalProtect portal, GlobalProtect gateway or preventing configuration commits. (Ref # PAN-78127 / CVE-2017-15942)\nPAN-OS contains a vulnerability in GlobalProtect that may allow a non-authenticated third party to mount a Denial of Service attack against the GlobalProtect portal, GlobalProtect gateway or preventing configuration commits. This vulnerability is only available when the GlobalProtect gateway or portal is running.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.18 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.12 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0.5 and earlier"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-400","PANW-PAN-OS-401","PANW-PAN-OS-407","PANW-PAN-OS-408"]}]}]}