Check Point Advisories

FTP Buffer Overflow (CVE-2010-1938; CVE-2019-18217)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2010-441
Date Published: 25 Jul 2010
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Sunday 02 July, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2010-1938
CVE-2019-18217
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability exists FTP. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the FTP Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  FTP Buffer Overflow

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