Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Media Services Stack-based Buffer Overflow (MS10-025; CVE-2010-0478)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-062
Date Published:	13 Apr 2010
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 10 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0478
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Microsoft Windows Media Services is an industrial-strength platform for streaming live or on-demand audio and video content over the Internet or an intranet. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Media Services. This vulnerability is due to the way Windows Media Services handles transport info network packets. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted transport info packet to a computer running the affected Windows Media Services. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the target system.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Media Services Stack-based Buffer Overflow (MS10-025) 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: Windows SMB Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Media Services stack-based buffer overflow (MS10-025)