Check Point Advisories

Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Web Server Buffer Overflow (CVE-2004-0798)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2004-170
Date Published:	14 Feb 2010
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 14 February, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0798
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	WhatsUp is a network management and monitoring application developed by Ipswitch Inc. It has a built-in web server to enable remote access to the application. A vulnerability exists in the way the web server component of Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold parses HTTP requests. A buffer overflow occurs due to insufficient input validation when creating a new notification record. An attacker exploiting this vulnerability can cause the service to crash or remotely execute arbitrary code. In a simple denial of service attack case, the vulnerable application will terminate as a result of a successful attack. In the case of a more sophisticated attack, the behavior of the target depends entirely on the injected code.

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 Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold Web Server 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold web server buffer overflow