Check Point Advisories

Adobe Shockwave Player DIRAPI.dll Denial of Service (APSB10-20; CVE-2010-2865)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-245
Date Published:	25 Aug 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 16 April, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-2865
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Adobe Shockwave is a multimedia player that allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser by anyone who has the Shockwave plug-in installed. A denial of service vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Shockwave Player. The vulnerability is due to an error in the module DIRAPI.dll of Adobe Shockwave Player while parsing specially crafted Director files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a malicious DIR file with an overly large length value. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would create a denial of service condition, causing Internet Explorer to become non-responsive.

Protection Overview

This protection detects and blocks the transferring of malformed Adobe DIR files over HTTP.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Shockwave Player DIRAPI.dll Denial of Service (APSB10-20) 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: Adobe Shockwave Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Shockwave Player DIRAPI.dll denial of service (APSB10-20)