Check Point Advisories

Novell GroupWise Email Address Processing Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-1636)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-097
Date Published: 17 Sep 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 29 November, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1636
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Novell GroupWise is a client-server collaborative software and email system provided by Novell. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Novell GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) software.The vulnerability is due to an error while processing specially crafted SMTP requests.Specifically, the vulnerability is due to a boundary error while parsing the MAIL FROM command. Remote unauthenticated attackers could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted MAIL FROM command to the target server. Successful exploitation could allow for remote code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malformed E-mail addresses.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell GroupWise Email Address Processing 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:  SMTP Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Novell GroupWise email address processing buffer overflow

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