CVE-2024-2551 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2024-2551

PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using a Specially Crafted Packet

8.7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A null pointer dereference vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software enables an unauthenticated attacker to stop a core system service on the firewall by sending a crafted packet through the data plane that causes a denial of service (DoS) condition. Repeated attempts to trigger this condition result in the firewall entering maintenance mode.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

a customer

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-2551

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Affected Vendor

Palo Alto Networks

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Affected Software

Cloud NGFW, PAN-OS, Prisma Access

Vulnerable Versions:

All, 11.2.0, 11.1.0, 11.0.0, 10.2.0, 10.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 14th, 2024

Last Modified: November 19th, 2024

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation

T1489 Service Stop

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application