CVE-2012-6597 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the management server via crafted CLI commands, requiring an upgrade to PAN-OS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-6597?
CVE-2012-6597 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 31 Aug 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS before 3.1.11 and 4.0.x before 4.0.9 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (management-server crash) by using the command-line interface for a crafted command, aka Ref ID 35254.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6597?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-6597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os
- CVE-2024-3400 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Command Injection
- CVE-2020-2021 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2017-15944 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2026-0300 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Out-of-bounds Write
- CVE-2024-0012 Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Management Interface Authentication Bypass
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qmgw-9vx3-62cx.