Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime PDAT Atom Parsing Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-3625)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2008-340
Date Published:	18 Feb 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 18 February, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-3625
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Apple's QuickTime is a multimedia player that supports a wide range of media formats. The software supports parsing and displaying picture files as well as numerous audio/video formats. There exists a stack overflow vulnerability in Apple QuickTime application. The vulnerability is due to improper calculations performed on elements of pdat atom in QuickTime VR files. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a malicious QuickTime movie file. In an attack case where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the current user. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected Apple QuickTime process will terminate abnormally.

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 Apple QuickTime PDAT Atom Parsing 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: Apple QuickTime Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime PDAT atom parsing buffer overflow