Check Point Advisories

Sun Solaris sadmind RPC Request Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-3869; CVE-2008-3870)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-093
Date Published:	28 Jun 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-3869 CVE-2008-3870
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	sadmind is a daemon used to control the servers running Sun Solaris operating system. A buffer overflow vulnerability was identified in the sadmind service within the Sun Solaris operating system. The vulnerability is triggered in sadmind when decoding request parameters. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted RPC request.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block RPC requests to the sadmind program that contain certain invalid parameters.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Sun Solaris sadmind RPC Request Buffer Overflow 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: SUN-RPC Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: Sun Solaris sadmind RPC request buffer overflow