Check Point Advisories

TWiki MAKETEXT Remote Command Execution (CVE-2012-6329)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1875
Date Published:	9 Jun 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 04 July, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-6329
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The vulnerability is due to lack of input sanitization in the affected function. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted input to the application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

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 TWiki MAKETEXT Remote Command Execution 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: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: TWiki MAKETEXT remote command execution