Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Office Web Components URL Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS08-017; CVE-2006-4695)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-482
Date Published:	18 Oct 2011
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 18 October, 2011
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-4695
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Web Components. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain URLs. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to visit a malicious web-page. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the user's security context.

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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Office Web Components URL Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS08-017) 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: Microsoft Office Web Components URL parsing buffer overflow (MS08-017)