Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player ActionScript3 Out Of Bounds Integer Overflow (APSB12-05; CVE-2012-0769)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-088
Date Published:	12 Mar 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Friday 22 November, 2024
Source:	CVE-2012-0769
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R70 R71 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Flash Player 11.1.102.62 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Update patches from: APSB12-05
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the application while executing ActionScript code. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by enticing a user to open a specially crafted .SWF file with an affected version of Adobe Flash Player. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed .SWF files.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player ActionScript3 Out Of Bounds Integer Overflow (APSB12-05) 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: Adobe Products Violation
Attack Information: Adobe Flash Player ActionScript3 out of bounds integer overflow (APSB12-05)