Check Point Advisories

IBM Personal Communications WorkStation File Processing Buffer Overflow (CVE-2012-0201)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-0858
Date Published:	29 Jan 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 30 January, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-0201
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in IBM Personal Communications. The vulnerability is caused by improper bounds checking in pcspref.dll. By enticing a target user to open a specially-crafted WorkStation (.ws) file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the current user or cause the application to crash.

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 IBM Personal Communications WorkStation File Processing Buffer Overflow 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: IBM Personal Communications WorkStation File Processing Buffer Overflow