Check Point Advisories

MW6 Technologies Barcode.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-0298)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-367
Date Published:	31 Dec 2009
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 31 December, 2009
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0298
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	MW6 Technologies is a provider of barcode software. As part of its software MW6 Technologies includes various ActiveX controls that are used to process the barcode data. One of these ActiveX controls is barcode.dll. There exists a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in MW6 Technologies Barcode.dll ActiveX Control. The vulnerability is a boundary error while processing user input. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the user to open a crafted html file. In an attack case where code injection is successful, the behaviour of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the logged in user. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected process will terminate abnormally.

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 MW6 Technologies Barcode.dll ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow 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: MW6 Technologies barcode.dll ActiveX control buffer overflow