Check Point Advisories

VERITAS Storage Exec and StorageCentral DCOM Server Buffer Overflow (CVE-2005-2996)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-297
Date Published:	27 Apr 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 19 November, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-2996
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The VERITAS Storage Exec and StorageCentral products automate storage management in order to optimize storage efficiency. The products are capable of automating numerous tasks with regard to disk management. User-based and directory-based quotas may also be imposed with the help of the products. Additionally, the products are capable of generating custom reports illustrating disk usage and activity. The report generation utilizes ActiveX objects provided with the product. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the VERITAS Storage Exec and StorageCentral DCOM Server components. The flaw is caused by insufficient checking of user supplied data. By enticing a target user to open a malicious web page, an attacker may exploit the vulnerability to remotely execute arbitrary code in the security context of the current logged on user. In case of an attack where code injection is not successful, the affected product 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 currently logged on 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 VERITAS Storage Exec and StorageCentral DCOM 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: VERITAS Storage Exec and StorageCentral DCOM server buffer overflow