Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-486 |
Date Published: | 1 Nov 2011 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 01 November, 2011 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2007-2987 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been reported in Zenturi ProgramChecker. The vulnerabilities are due to a data validation failure, resulting in a buffer overflow. A remote attacker may exploit these vulnerabilities by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted HTML file. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the user's security context. |
This protection will detect and block attempts to open a malicious HTML file.
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Zenturi ProgramChecker ActiveX components ActiveX controls buffer overflows