Check Point Advisories

Novell Netware FTP Server Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-0625)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-130
Date Published:	2 May 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 02 May, 2010
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0625
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Novell Netware is a network operating system developed by Novell. It provides file sharing and other services such as printing and email. Netware FTP Server software supplies service for transferring files to and from Netware volumes. File transfers can be performed using any FTP client. A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Novell Netware. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in NWFTPD.nlm when processing the MKD and RMD FTP commands. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending maliciously crafted commands to the affected server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary commands on a target server.

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 Novell Netware FTP Server Remote Stack 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: FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Novell Netware FTP server remote stack buffer overflow