Check Point Advisories

Apple Safari WebKit SVG Memory Corruption (CVE-2011-0222)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-477
Date Published:	15 Nov 2011
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 21 March, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-0222
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Apple Safari. The vulnerability is due to an error caused while handling Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) objects. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a specially crafted web-page. Successful exploitation may lead to arbitrary code execution in the security context of the logged in user. An unsuccessful attempt may terminate the application unexpectedly.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to open specially crafted HTML pages.

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 Apple Safari WebKit SVG Memory Corruption 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Apple Safari WebKit SVG memory corruption