Check Point Advisories

Oracle Outside In OOXML Relationship Tag Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-183
Date Published:	10 May 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 10 May, 2012
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Outside In. The vulnerability is due to an input validation error while handling a specially crafted OOXML document. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open an OOXML document with an affected application. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute code on the affected system. An unsuccessful attempt may cause the application to crash.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted OOXML documents.

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 OOXML Relationship Tag Parsing Stack 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 OOXML Relationship Tag Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow