Check Point Advisories

Macromedia Shockwave SWDIR.SLL ActiveX Denial of Service - Ver2 (CVE-2006-6885)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1412
Date Published:	16 Apr 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 16 April, 2014
Source:	CVE-2006-6885
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R77 R76 R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in Macromedia Shockwave. 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 R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Macromedia Shockwave SWDIR.SLL ActiveX Denial of Service - 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:  Adobe Shockwave Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Macromedia Shockwave SWDIR.SLL ActiveX Denial of Service - Ver2