Check Point Advisories

McAfee Firewall Reporter isValidClient Remote Code Execution

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2011-339
Date Published: 19 Jul 2011
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 19 July, 2011
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description An authentication bypass vulnerability has been reported in McAfee Firewall Reporter. The vulnerability is due to a design flaw in the way that McAfee Firewall Reporter validates session IDs while authenticating users. Remote attackers could trigger this flaw by connecting to a vulnerable McAfee web interface and sending a specially crafted malicious HTTP request.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malicious HTTP requests sent to the vulnerable server.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the McAfee Firewall Reporter isValidClient Remote Code Execution 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:  Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  McAfee Firewall Reporter isValidClient remote code execution

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