Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime Plugin Content-Type Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-3753)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2012-823
Date Published:	2 Dec 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 17 January, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-3753
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime plugin. The vulnerability is due to insufficient bounds checking. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to view a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation would allow injection and execution of arbitrary code.

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 Apple QuickTime Plugin Content-Type 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Apple QuickTime Plugin Content-Type buffer overflow