Commit error After PANOS10.1.10 upgrade

[Lance]

After upgrading from PANOS 10.1.8-h2 to 10.1.10 we start getting the following commit error.

• profiles -> spyware -> sink-alert -> botnet-domains -> dns-security-categories is invalid. Missing pre-defined DNS security category

Any idea to correct this error?

[kiwi]

Hi @Lance ,

There's a bug in 10.1.10 for this error.

I'd recommend reaching out to support to confirm if you're hitting the exact bug and get updates on its fix release or go to PAN-OS 10.1.9-h3 which is the preferred release at the moment of this writing:

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/customer-resources/support-pan-os-software-release-guidance/ta-...

Kind regards,

-Kim.

[Doug.Decker]

we had a similar issue and we went into the anti-spyware profile to the dns exceptions tab, checked the check boxes at the bottom for the dns signature excpetions, clicked ok and commit and push.

[AndresAlfaro]

cordial Greetings

Team

The error you mention, in my case, was solved by updating the content, specifically the apps and Threats update.

[${userLoginName}]

There is a bug, with a work-around.  Check out this -->  https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u000000kIDfCAM

[Adrian_Moechel]

Dear Kiwi,

I tried the workaround and all other mentioned solutions here by changing parameters back and forth, but unfortunately i cant solve this warning.

-) changing the action like mentioned in Commit warning "dns-security-categories is invalid. Missing pre-defined DNS security category" (palo...did not help.

-) changing the sinkhole address

-) enabling /disabling a dns exception

-) adding / removing a FQDN exception

This customer is currently on 10.1.10, due to other limitations we are waiting for 10.2.6-hx / 10.2.7 before upgrading but i cannot find any known or addressed issue in 10.1.10 / 10.1.10-h1 / 10.1.10-h2 or 10.1.11 - like you mentioned its a known bug in 10.1.10, do you have the bug id?

Thanks,

[CLIq]

You need the latest content updates for threats and applications and need to click through the tabs of each custom spyware profile and click on OK afterwards (not cancel), you dont even need to change anything. after that you commit and it should work fine.

[Adrian_Moechel]

I found the cause for the Error now: Its a Panorama environment and the Firewalls are renewing the content updates every day via shedule, but in the Panorama itself the content update was not up-to-date. I updated it on panorama and went trough all Tabs in alle AS-Profiles and commited and pushed to the Devices and now its gone.

So it was missing the content update in Panorama not on the Firewalls.

Thank you!

[TimWard]

Adrian,

Thank you for your update.  You saved me a PA TAC call 🙂

Clicking every tab and using OK vs Cancel, then commit is a requirement for this to work.

[Adrian_Moechel]

Nice Tim! Great to know that my findings could help someone.

[Afonseca]

Thank you. Going through the listed Anti-Spyware profile tabs and clicking "OK" did it for me.