Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Newobject Instruction Memory Corruption (APSB11-12; CVE-2011-0621)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-260
Date Published: 17 May 2011
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 17 May, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-0621
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description The Adobe Flash Player is a multimedia and application player that renders Shockwave Flash (SWF) files. A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to a memory corruption in the Adobe Flash Player when parsing specially crafted SWF files. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to download and view a Flash file that contains a malicious Newobject instruction. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malformed Adobe Flash files that contain ActionScript.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Newobject Instruction Memory Corruption (APSB11-12) 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:  Adobe Products Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Newobject instruction memory corruption (APSB11-12)

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