Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-1130 |
Date Published: | 9 Mar 2014 |
Severity: | Medium |
Last Updated: | Sunday 09 March, 2014 |
Source: | |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Electric Sheep Fencing pfSense prior to 2.1.1 |
Vulnerability Description | An input validation error vulnerability exists in Electric Sheep Fencing pfSense firewall. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user supplied input when processing the addressN parameter in firewall_aliases_edit.php. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request using the vulnerable parameter to the firewall. |
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: Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: ESF pfSense webConfigurator firewall_aliases_edit.php Input Validation Error