Check Point Advisories

Novell Groupwise Messenger Server Process Memory Information Disclosure (CVE-2011-3179)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-170
Date Published:	10 May 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 10 May, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2011-3179
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Novell Groupwise Messenger server. The vulnerability is due to a design flaw which allows users to determine the contents of an arbitrary memory address via certain parameters in HTTP post requests. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application. Successful exploitation of this issue would cause information disclosure or unexpected termination of the affected application.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to send malicious HTTP POST requests to the affected service.

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 Novell Groupwise Messenger Server Process Memory Information Disclosure 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: Instant Messenger.
Attack Information: Novell Groupwise Messenger server process memory information disclosure