Check Point Advisories

Novell GroupWise Internet Agent HTTP Interface Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2011-0334)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-552
Date Published:	6 Dec 2011
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 05 December, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-0334
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Novell GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA). The vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds validation while parsing GET or POST Request-URIs from HTTP requests. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to an affected service. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the SYSTEM user on an affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malicious HTTP requests.

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 Novell GroupWise Internet Agent HTTP Interface Stack Buffer Overflow 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent HTTP interface stack buffer overflow