Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Color Management JPEG Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS05-036; CVE-2005-1219)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-264
Date Published:	18 Oct 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 03 April, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-1219
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The Microsoft Color Management Module is a Microsoft Windows system component that provides consistent colour reproduction across various imaging devices such as monitors, scanners, printers and other devices. The colour management functionality is based on the International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Color Management Module of Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is triggered by processing image files with crafted embedded ICC profiles. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by persuading a target user to open a specially crafted image file. A successful attack can allow arbitrary code to be executed with privileges of the currently logged in user. In case of an attack aimed at creating a denial of service condition, the affected application that uses the Color Management Module will terminate. In case of an attack where code injection and execution is successful, the behavior of the system is dependent on the intended purpose of the injected code. Any code injected into the vulnerable component would execute in the security context of the logged in user.

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 Microsoft Windows Color Management JPEG Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS05-036) 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: Microsoft Windows Color Management JPEG parsing buffer overflow (MS05-036)