Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2007-131 |
Date Published: | 7 Nov 2007 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Wednesday 07 November, 2007 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2007-4672 CVE-2007-4676 CVE-2009-0010 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | Apple QuickTime is a multimedia player that supports a wide range of media formats. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted PICT file - an image file format that can be processed by the QuickTime. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. |
This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed PICT files over HTTP.The detect mode makes it possible to track unauthorized traffic without blocking it.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime PICT image uncompressed record processing stack overflow