Check Point Advisories

EMC NetWorker nsrindexd.exe Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-0395)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-222
Date Published:	10 May 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 03 December, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-0395
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in EMC NetWorker. The vulnerability is due to improper boundary check when processing crafted RPC requests in the nsrindexd.exe. A remote attacker may exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted RPC message to the target host. Successful exploitation would allow attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code on the target.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of specially crafted RPC messages to the target host.

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 EMC NetWorker nsrindexd.exe 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: SUN-RPC Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: EMC NetWorker nsrindexd.exe buffer overflow