Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Multiple Dialog Boxes Denial Of Service (APSB12-19; CVE-2012-4171)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-649
Date Published: 29 Oct 2012
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 29 October, 2012
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2012-4171
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash player. The vulnerability is due to an error in Flash Player while handling specially crafted .swf files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a malicious website containing a specially crafted .swf file. Successful exploitation can lead to a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to send specially crafted .swf file.

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 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Multiple Dialog Boxes Denial Of Service (APSB12-19) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Multiple Dialog Boxes Denial Of Service (APSB12-19)

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