Check Point Advisories

Adobe Multiple Products PNG File Handling Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2007-2365)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1684
Date Published:	25 Apr 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 01 July, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2007-2365
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	There exists a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the Adobe products. A successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code on a target host. The vulnerability is due to improper boundary validation when processing PNG images. The attacker creates a PNG image file that contains a crafted PLTE chunk with malicious Length field.

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 Adobe Multiple Products PNG File Handling Stack 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Multiple Products PNG File Handling Stack Buffer Overflow