Check Point Advisories

Oracle BEA WebLogic Server Apache Connector Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-4008)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-365
Date Published: 17 Dec 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 03 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-4008
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Oracle BEA WebLogic Server is an enterprise-class multi-tier Java Application Server platform. WebLogic is typically used as the platform for large enterprise web applications. It supports various databases including Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and other JDBC-compliant databases. The components of the BEA WebLogic Platform include a Portal, BEA Workshop, JVM, WebLogic Integration and others. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in BEA WebLogic Server Apache Connector. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the Apache connector. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the target host. Successful exploitation would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system with privileges of the running process, normally System. In case of an attack where code injection is not successful, the affected server will terminate and all established connections will also be terminated. In case of a more sophisticated attack where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the affected service, normally System.

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 Oracle BEA WebLogic Server Apache Connector Buffer Overflow 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:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle BEA WebLogic Server Apache connector buffer overflow

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