Check Point Advisories

AXIS Communications Camera Control image_pan_tilt Buffer Overflow (CVE-2008-5260)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2009-366
Date Published:	21 Jan 2010
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-5260
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	AXIS Communications provides professional network video solutions for surveillance and remote monitoring. The surveillance products by AXIS include network cameras, video servers, video decoders, video management software, and a full range of accessories. AXIS Camera Control is one of such remote image/video monitoring solutions provided by AXIS Communications. There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ActiveX Camera Control by AXIS Communications. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the handling of "image_pan_tilt" property of the control. As a result of this, heap-based buffer overflow can occur which will allow for arbitrary code injections and execution. If code execution is successful, the behavior of the target will depend on the malicious code injected. Any injected code will be executed within the security context of the currently logged in user. In the case of an unsuccessful code execution attack, Internet Explorer would 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 AXIS Communications Camera Control image_pan_tilt 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: AXIS Communications camera control image_pan_tilt buffer overflow