Number: AV19-157
Date: 24 July 2019
On 22 July 2019 it was publicly disclosed that there is a vulnerability affecting some Palo Alto Networks products. Tracked as CVE-2019-1579, the vulnerability lies with the PAN-OS software, which in turn affects the GlobalProtect Portal and GlobalProtect Gateway products. The vulnerability could allow a remote, unauthenticated actor to send specially-crafted packets to an affected device and execute arbitrary code. The affected versions of PAN-OS include:
- PAN-OS 7.1.18 and earlier
- PAN-OS 8.0.11 and earlier
- PAN-OS 8.1.2 and earlier
The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the Palo Alto Networks bulletin and apply the necessary updates:
https://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/158
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