Check Point Advisories

TIFF Image Improper Dimensions (CVE-2009-2995)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-252
Date Published:	14 Oct 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 14 October, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-2995
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) is a container format for storing images, including photographs and line art. A denial of service vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Acrobat. A remote attacker may trigger this issue via a specially crafted TIFF file. Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) is a container format for storing images, including photographs and line art. Successful exploitation of this issue will cause the application to become non-responsive.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to transfer malformed TIFF 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the TIFF Image Improper Dimensions 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: TIFF image improper dimensions