Check Point Advisories

DNS ANY Request

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1606
Date Published:	13 Mar 2013
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Thursday 09 January, 2025
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	DNS Servers
Vulnerability Description	Blocking DNS ANY requests. Such requests return all the DNS records that exist on the DNS server for the specific query.

Protection Overview

This protection blocks DNS ANY requests

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the DNS ANY Request protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: DNS Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: DNS ANY Request