Check Point Advisories

Google Chrome and Apple Safari Runin Handling Use After Free (CVE-2011-3068)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-387
Date Published: 14 Oct 2012
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 04 December, 2024
Source: CVE-2011-3068
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Google Chrome prior to 18.0.1025.151
Apple Computer Safari 5.x prior to 5.1.4
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Apple Safari and Google Chrome.
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to a use-after-free condition. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted HTML document. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the security privileges of the logged-in user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to open a malicious HTML document.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Google Chrome and Apple Safari Runin Handling Use After Free protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Google Chrome and Apple Safari Runin Handling Use After Free

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