Check Point Advisories

Microsoft PowerPoint Data Out of Bounds Stack Buffer Overflow (MS09-017; CVE-2009-1128; CVE-2009-1131)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-106
Date Published:	12 May 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 08 January, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-1128 CVE-2009-1131
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular graphics software for preparing slides and presentations. A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft PowerPoint. The vulnerability is due to a memory corruption error in Microsoft PowerPoint when reading data that is too large from specially crafted PowerPoint files. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by convincing a victim to open a malformed PowerPoint file. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed PowerPoint files over HTTP.

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 Microsoft PowerPoint Data Out of Bounds Stack Buffer Overflow (MS09-017) 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft PowerPoint data out of bounds stack buffer overflow (MS09-017)