Check Point Advisories

Apple IOS and OSX WebKit Engine Denial Of Service

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-2954
Date Published:	13 Oct 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Saturday 04 January, 2025
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Mac OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) iOS 6 and 7 beta Mac OS up to 10.8
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Apple IOS and OSX WebKit engine.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is caused due to an error while processing specific sequence of Arabic characters.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple IOS and OSX WebKit Engine Denial Of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Apple IOS and OSX WebKit Engine Denial Of Service