Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player PCM Buffer Integer Overflow (APSB13-17; CVE-2013-3347)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-2753
Date Published: 13 Aug 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 01 October, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-3347
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description An integer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to an error in Adobe Flash Player when resampling a user-supplied PCM buffer. A remote attacker might exploit this issue by convincing a victim to open a specially crafted SWF file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attepts to transfer malformed SWF files over HTTP.

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 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player PCM Buffer Integer Overflow (APSB13-17) 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:  Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player PCM Buffer Integer Overflow (APSB13-17)

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