Check Point Advisories

Borland InterBase Database Message Handling Buffer Overflow

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-299
Date Published: 1 Sep 2010
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 01 September, 2010
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description InterBase is a SQL-92 compliant relational database management system developed by Borland Software Corporation. It supports standard interfaces such as JDBC, ODBC, and ADO.NET. The InterBase database system runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Solaris operating systems. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in Borland InterBase Server. The vulnerability is due to lack of boundary protection while processing Connect requests (Opcode 0x01). A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted request to the target host to exploit this vulnerability. Successful attack could allow for arbitrary code being injected and executed with the privileges of the affected service, which is normally System on Windows platforms. An attack targeting this vulnerability can result in the injection and execution of code. If code execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the intention of the attacker. Successful attack could allow for arbitrary code being executed with the privileges of the affected service, which is normally System on Windows platforms. In an attack case where code execution is unsuccessful , the affected service will terminate resulting in a denial of service condition.

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 Borland InterBase Database Message Handling Buffer Overflow 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:  Database Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Borland InterBase Database message handling buffer overflow

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