Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-1128 |
Date Published: | 26 Mar 2014 |
Severity: | Medium |
Last Updated: | Wednesday 26 March, 2014 |
Source: | CVE-2014-0980 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Poster Software PUBLISH-iT v3.6d |
Vulnerability Description | A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Poster Software PUBLISH-iT. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation on the length of entry names in a "styl" record when processing PUI files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a malicious PUI file. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the currently logged in user. |
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.
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Poster Software PUBLISH-iT PUI File Processing Buffer Overflow