Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime Crafted HTTP Error Response Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-0234)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-398
Date Published: 18 Aug 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 18 August, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-0234
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Apple 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 stream formats, which include RSTP. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in Apple QuickTime application. The flaw is due to improper boundary protection when handling HTTP error response. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by persuading the target user to visit a malicious server. Successful exploitation could allow for arbitrary code injection and execution with the privileges of the currently logged on user. In a attack where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target host 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 currently logged in user. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the vulnerable QuickTime application may 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime Crafted HTTP Error Response 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:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Apple QuickTime crafted HTTP error response buffer overflow

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