Check Point Advisories

Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflows (CVE-2008-2431)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-335
Date Published: 24 Dec 2009
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-2431
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Novell iPrint Client is an application that allows users to install and manage printers, or submit print job from a web browser. Novell iPrint Client is bundled with a set of ActiveX controls that implement various functions. There exist multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Novell iPrint Client. The vulnerabilities are caused due to an insufficient boundary checking when certain parameters are passed to various methods exposed by the affected ActiveX control. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation might lead to injection and execution of arbitrary code in the security context of the currently logged in user. In case of an attack where code injection is unsuccessful, Internet Explorer may terminate abnormally. In case of an attack where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Any injected code will be executed within the security context of the currently logged in user.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflows protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Novell iPrint client ActiveX control multiple buffer overflows

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