Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2008-167 |
Date Published: | 18 Nov 2008 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 18 November, 2008 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-1999-0208 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | Sun Solaris provides its Network Information Service (NIS) services through the SUN-RPC remote procedure call mechanism. One of these services is called rpc.ypupdated which is responsible for duplicating information from master NIS server to slave servers. A command injection vulnerability exists in Sun Solaris rpc.ypupdated service. The vulnerability is due to an error in the Sun Solaris rpc.ypupdated service that fails to properly validate user input when processing RPC requests. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted RPC request sent to the vulnerable host. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the target system. |
This protection will detect and block malformed RPC requests sent to the vulnerable service.
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: SUN-RPC Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: Sun Solaris rpc.ypupdated command injection