Check Point Advisories

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold DOS Device HTTP Request Denial of Service (CVE-2004-0799)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2004-178
Date Published:	5 Oct 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 05 October, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0799
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	WhatsUp is a network management and monitoring application developed by Ipswitch Inc. It has a built-in web server to enable remote access to the application. A vulnerability exists in the way the web server component of Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold processes a request that contains a special device name. An unhandled exception occurs when an HTTP request containing a reserved DOS device name is processed. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can cause the web server component to terminate, causing a denial of service.

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 Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold DOS Device HTTP Request 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold DOS Device HTTP request denial of service