Check Point Advisories

SAP NetWeaver Dispatcher Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-2611)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-319
Date Published:	30 Jul 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 22 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-2611
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in SAP NetWeaver. The vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking by the Dispatcher process while handling specially crafted incoming requests. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted Diagnostic request to an affected service. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the security context of the affected service.

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 SAP NetWeaver Dispatcher 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: SAP NetWeaver dispatcher stack buffer overflow