CVE-2024-3385 PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) when GTP Security is Disabled

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can reboot hardware firewalls and force maintenance mode when GTP Security is disabled, requiring manual intervention.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-3385?

CVE-2024-3385 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os, published on 10 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A packet processing mechanism in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables a remote attacker to reboot hardware-based firewalls. Repeated attacks eventually cause the firewall to enter maintenance mode, which requires manual intervention to bring the firewall back online.

This affects the following hardware firewall models: - PA-5400 Series firewalls - PA-7000 Series firewalls

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3385?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3385?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3385 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-2024-3385 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3385 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Paloaltonetworks Pan-Os vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8x2m-vwxp-r65j.

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