Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2013-3493 |
Date Published: | 6 Nov 2013 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Wednesday 06 November, 2013 |
Source: | |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | |
Vulnerability Description | A directory traversal vulnerability has been reported in multiple Belkin Linksys routers. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation in the router's Web interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the victim. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a remote attacker to gain access to arbitrary files. |
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: HTTP Protocol Inspection.
Attack Information: Belkin Linksys multiple Products directory traversal