Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Publisher PUB File Processing Memory Corruption (MS06-054; CVE-2006-0001)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2006-292
Date Published: 29 Apr 2010
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 29 April, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2006-0001
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description There exists a stack overflow vulnerability in the Microsoft Publisher product. The flaw is triggered when a malicious PUB file is parsed by the affected component. A successful attack targeting this vulnerability may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the Microsoft Publisher application processing the malicious PUB file will terminate abnormally. In a more sophisticated attack, where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Publisher PUB File Processing Memory Corruption (MS06-054) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Publisher PUB file processing memory corruption (MS06-054)

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