Check Point Advisories

ActFax RAW Server Buffer Overflow

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1663
Date Published: 14 Apr 2013
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 02 May, 2013
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities has been discovered in ActFax RAW Server. These vulnerabilities are caused by insufficient bounds checking while processing certain fields. By sending crafted messages to the target server, a remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the vulnerable server. If code execution is unsuccessful, the service may terminate abnormally.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ActFax RAW Server Buffer Overflow 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:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  ActFax RAW Server Buffer Overflow

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