Check Point Advisories

SAP NetWeaver DiagTraceHex Denial of Service (CVE-2012-2612)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-322
Date Published:	27 Aug 2012
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 25 May, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-2612
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in SAP NetWeaver. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation while parsing incoming requests to the Dispatcher service. 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 DiagTraceHex Denial of Service 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: SAP NetWeaver DiagTraceHex Denial of Service