Check Point Advisories

Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Content-length Integer Overflow (CVE-2012-0271)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-641
Date Published:	18 Nov 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 21 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-0271
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 2012 Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.0.2 and prior
Vulnerability Description	An integer underflow vulnerability has been reported in Novell GroupWise Internet Agent.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of a certain value in HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously crafted HTTP request to the target server. Successful exploitation would result in code execution in the security context of the affected server.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring a maliciously crafted HTTP request to the target.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Content-length Integer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation
Attack Information: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Content-length Integer Overflow