Check Point Advisories

ABB Multiple Products RobNetScanHost.exe Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-0245)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-318
Date Published:	2 Jul 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 02 December, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-0245
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in multiple ABB products. The vulnerability is due to insufficient data validation by the RobNetScanHost.exe service when processing certain robot availability announcements. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted packets to an affected service. Successful exploitation could result in a denial of service condition or arbitrary code execution on the targeted system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit a Stack Buffer Overflow vulnerability in ABB multiple products

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 ABB Multiple Products RobNetScanHost.exe 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: SCADA Protection Violation.
Attack Information: ABB Multiple Products RobNetScanHost.exe Stack Buffer Overflow