Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Software Under Denial of Service Attack via Null Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-9472

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that affects PA-800 Series, PA-3200 Series, PA-5200 Series, and PA-7000 Series hardware platforms. When the Decryption policy is enabled, a null pointer dereference could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to crash the PAN-OS system. This flaw results in a denial of service condition, which may cause the system to enter maintenance mode after repeated attempts to exploit the vulnerability. Notably, the VM-Series, Cloud NGFW, and Prisma Access products are not impacted by this issue. The affected versions of PAN-OS are as follows: 10.2.7-h12, 10.2.8-h10, 10.2.9-h9, 10.2.9-h11, 10.2.10-h2, 10.2.10-h3, 10.2.11, 10.2.11-h1, 10.2.11-h2, 10.2.11-h3, 11.1.2-h9, 11.1.2-h12, 11.1.3-h2, 11.1.3-h4, 11.1.3-h6, 11.2.2, and 11.2.2-h1.

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