Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows SMB Client Repeated Negotiation Responses (MS10-006) - High Confidence (CVE-2010-0017)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-003
Date Published:	12 May 2013
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 17 September, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-0017
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol. The vulnerability is due to a race condition in the Microsoft SMB implementation that fails to properly handle specially crafted SMB responses. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted SMB response to a client-initiated SMB request. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow execution of arbitrary code on the target system.

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 Microsoft Windows SMB Client Repeated Negotiation Responses (MS10-006) - High Confidence 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: Windows SMB Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows SMB Client Repeated Negotiation Responses (MS10-006) - High Confidence