CVE-2020-1992

PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series: Varrcvr daemon network-based denial of service or privilege escalation

Published Apr 8, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
A format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.2 on PA-7000 Series devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue requires WildFire services to be configured and enabled. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 and earlier releases. This issue does not affect any other PA Series firewalls.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue is fixed in PAN-OS 9.0.7, PAN-OS 9.1.2 and all later versions.


Vendor Workaround

There are no viable workarounds for this issue.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12782 A format string vulnerability in the Varrcvr daemon of PAN-OS on PA-7000 Series devices with a Log Forwarding Card (LFC) allows remote attackers to crash the daemon creating a denial of service condition or potentially execute code with root privileges. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 9.0 versions before 9.0.7; PAN-OS 9.1 versions before 9.1.2 on PA-7000 Series devices with an LFC installed and configured. This issue requires WildFire services to be configured and enabled. This issue does not affect PAN-OS 8.1 and earlier releases. This issue does not affect any other PA Series firewalls.
History

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
palo_alto
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 3:44 AM
Reserved
Dec 4, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 8, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:02 AM