Check Point Advisories

Oracle Outside In Paradox Database Stream Filter Denial of Service (CVE-2013-0393)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-086
Date Published:	4 Feb 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 03 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-0393
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Outside In, a set of libraries used to decode many file formats. The vulnerability is due to an error while processing Paradox databases that contain a malicious entry in a field description array. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by causing an application that uses the vulnerable library to handle a malformed Paradox database.

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 Oracle Outside In Paradox Database Stream Filter 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: Proxy Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Oracle Outside In Paradox Database Stream Filter Denial of Service