Check Point Advisories

Yahoo Toolbar ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2007-6228)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-0977
Date Published:	3 Mar 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 03 March, 2014
Source:	CVE-2007-6228
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75 and above
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Yahoo Toolbar. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Yahoo Toolbar ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2 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:  Yahoo Toolbar ActiveX Control Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2