Check Point Advisories

OpenOffice.org XPM File Processing Integer Overflow (CVE-2009-2949)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-357
Date Published:	12 May 2010
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 23 July, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-2949
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	OpenOffice.org is an open source office suite that includes a word processor, a spreadsheet application, a presentation creator, an illustration drawer, a desktop database, and an equation editor. The product is made available for multiple platforms and languages. An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice. The vulnerability is due to a boundary error when processing XPM files. A remote unauthenticated attacker could leverage this issue by enticing a target user to open a malicious XPM file with a vulnerable application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a heap overflow leading to the possibility of code execution within the security context of the currently logged on user and may cause the target application to terminate abnormally.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed XPM 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenOffice.org XPM File Processing Integer 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: OpenOffice.org XPM file processing integer overflow