Check Point Advisories

Novell Client nwspool.dll EnumPrinters Function Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2008-0639)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-2988
Date Published:	7 Jan 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 08 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-0639
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	There exists a buffer overflow vulnerability in the way Novel Client for Windows handles RPC requests. The vulnerability is due to lack of boundary protection while processing RPC requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition or inject and execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable host with System-level privileges.

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 Novell Client nwspool.dll EnumPrinters Function Stack Buffer Overflow - 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Novell Client nwspool.dll EnumPrinters Function Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2