Check Point Advisories

Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator Security Bypass (CVE-2014-1644)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1350
Date Published: 18 May 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 22 April, 2014
Source: CVE-2014-1644
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75

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    Who is Vulnerable? Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator prior to 2.3.2.110
    Vulnerability Description A security policy bypass vulnerability exists in Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator. The vulnerability is due to a failure to validate temporary passwords when processing a user account password reset. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to forcepasswd.do.

    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 R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator Security Bypass protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

    Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
    Attack Information:  Symantec LiveUpdate Administrator Security Bypass

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