Check Point Advisories

Embarcadero InterBase Connect Request Multiple Stack Buffer Overflows

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-022
Date Published:	12 Jan 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 12 January, 2012
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities have been reported in Embarcadero InterBase. The vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of client requests. A remote attacker may exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted request to the target host. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary codes in the context of the affected application.

Protection Overview

IPS will detect and block the transferring of malicious client 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 Embarcadero InterBase Connect Request Multiple Stack Buffer Overflows 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: Database Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Embarcadero InterBase connect request multiple stack buffer overflows