Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2012-041 |
Date Published: | 31 Jan 2012 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 10 November, 2015 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2011-2014 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | An elevation of privilege vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Active Directory. The vulnerability is caused when Active Directory fails to validate the revocation status of an SSL certificate against the CRL associated with the domain account. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by using a previously revoked certificate to authenticate to the Active Directory domain. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to gain access to network resources or run code under the privileges of a specific authorized user with which the certificate is associated. |
This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed LDAP packets.
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: LDAP Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows active directory LDAPS authentication bypass (MS11-086)