Check Point Advisories

Adobe Shockwave Player Pointer Memory Overwrite (APSB09-08; CVE-2009-1860)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2009-113
Date Published: 23 Jun 2009
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 23 June, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1860
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Adobe Shockwave is a multimedia player that allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser by anyone who has the Shockwave plug-in installed. A memory overwrite vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player.The vulnerability is due to an error in the Shockwave Player when processing certain Director Movie files. A remote attacker could trigger this issue via a specially crafted Director Movie file. Successful exploitation may allow the attacker to take control of the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to transfer malformed Director Movie 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Shockwave Player Pointer Memory Overwrite (APSB09-08) 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:  Adobe Shockwave Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Shockwave Player pointer memory overwrite (APSB09-08)

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