Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Firefox Style Engine Position Change Memory Corruption - Ver2 (CVE-2006-0294)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-0043
Date Published:	7 Jan 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 07 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-0294
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote attacker could trigger this vulnerability by changing an element's style from position:relative to position:static which causes Gecko to operate on freed memory. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code 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, 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 Mozilla Firefox Style Engine Position Change Memory Corruption - 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: Mozilla Firefox Style Engine Position Change Memory Corruption - Ver2