Check Point Advisories

Oracle Database Server Network Authentication AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2009-1979)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-0031
Date Published: 7 Jan 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 09 April, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-1979
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Oracle Database Server is an enterprise-level relational database application suite. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Oracle Database server, the vulnerability is due to an error in the Oracle Database server that fails to sufficiently validate the length field of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending malicious packets to the target server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Database Server Network Authentication AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle Database Server Network Authentication AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow - Ver2

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