Check Point Advisories

Oracle Outside In JPEG 2000 Parameter Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2011-4516)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-1303
Date Published:	13 Dec 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 02 January, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-4516
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Outside-In. The vulnerability is due to an error while processing COD and COC marker segments. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted JP2 file. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the affected application.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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 Oracle Outside In JPEG 2000 Parameter Heap Buffer Overflow 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: Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Oracle Outside In JPEG 2000 parameter heap buffer overflow