Check Point Advisories

Multiple Products Runtime Environment GIF Parsing Memory Corruption (CVE-2005-1106; CVE-2009-1097; CVE-2009-1098; CVE-2015-5096)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-346
Date Published:	1 Nov 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 24 August, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-1106 CVE-2009-1097 CVE-2009-1098 CVE-2015-5096
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported the GIF processing component in multiple products. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap image format that is widely use over HTTP.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Multiple Products Runtime Environment GIF Parsing Memory Corruption 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: Multiple Products Runtime Environment GIF Parsing Memory Corruption