Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Malicious DNS Packet
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2025-01-20 · passed 1 year 7 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS contains a vulnerability in parsing and logging malicious DNS packets in the DNS Security feature that, when exploited, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely reboot the firewall. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition will cause the firewall to enter maintenance mode.
Who is affected
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-754.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 1 year 7 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2024-3393 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3393
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- security.paloaltonetworks.com security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-3393
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3393