Check Point Advisories

Apple Safari Webkit Floating Point Data Type Code Execution - Ver2 (CVE-2010-1807)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-395
Date Published:	7 Jan 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 05 February, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-1807
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Safari is a web browsing application developed by Apple. Safari browsing functionality is built around the set of components called WebKit. WebKit is a development toolkit which allows third party developers to build applications that use Internet technologies such as HTML, HTTP, and others. A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Apple Safari web browser. The vulnerability is due to a design error when processing floating point data types. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a maliciously crafted web page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to take complete control of 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, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple Safari Webkit Floating Point Data Type Code Execution - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Apple Safari Webkit Floating Point Data Type Code Execution - Ver2