Check Point Advisories

Multiple Vendor SOAP Denial of Service (CVE-2004-1815)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2004-114
Date Published:	22 Dec 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 30 August, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-1815
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Systems Macromedia ColdFusion Server MX 6.0, 6.1 Adobe Systems Macromedia ColdFusion Server MX 6.0, 6.1 w/J2EE Adobe Systems Macromedia JRun 4.0 Sun Microsystems Java System Application Server 7 (Update 2 Upgrade and earlier)
Vulnerability Description	A vulnerability exists in the way Apache Axis handles requests with SOAP arrays in the parameters. Apache Axis is embedded within several Web Services packages. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition in a vulnerable service. Triggering the vulnerability causes all available memory on the target to be consumed. This may cause server performance handling SOAP requests to decrease dramatically, or cause the server to cease to respond.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Multiple Vendor SOAP Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Multiple Vendor SOAP Denial of Service