CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-2550

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 14, 2024 | Modified: Jan 24, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.0 (including) 10.2.7 (excluding)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 11.0.0 (including) 11.0.6 (excluding)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 11.1.0 (including) 11.1.4 (excluding)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h1 (including) 10.2.7-h1 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h12 (including) 10.2.7-h12 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h16 (including) 10.2.7-h16 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h18 (including) 10.2.7-h18 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h19 (including) 10.2.7-h19 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h3 (including) 10.2.7-h3 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h6 (including) 10.2.7-h6 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.7-h8 (including) 10.2.7-h8 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.8 (including) 10.2.8 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.8-h10 (including) 10.2.8-h10 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.8-h13 (including) 10.2.8-h13 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.8-h15 (including) 10.2.8-h15 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.8-h3 (including) 10.2.8-h3 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.8-h4 (including) 10.2.8-h4 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.9 (including) 10.2.9 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.9-h1 (including) 10.2.9-h1 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.9-h11 (including) 10.2.9-h11 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.9-h14 (including) 10.2.9-h14 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.9-h16 (including) 10.2.9-h16 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.9-h9 (including) 10.2.9-h9 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10 (including) 10.2.10 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10-h2 (including) 10.2.10-h2 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10-h3 (including) 10.2.10-h3 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10-h4 (including) 10.2.10-h4 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10-h5 (including) 10.2.10-h5 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10-h7 (including) 10.2.10-h7 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 10.2.10-h9 (including) 10.2.10-h9 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 11.1.4 (including) 11.1.4 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 11.1.4-h1 (including) 11.1.4-h1 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 11.1.4-h4 (including) 11.1.4-h4 (including)
Pan-os Paloaltonetworks 11.1.4-h7 (including) 11.1.4-h7 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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