Check Point Advisories

Apple Safari objc_msgSend_rtp HTML Tag Handling Denial of Service - Ver2 (CVE-2006-1987)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-0994
Date Published:	3 Mar 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 03 March, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-1987
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in Apple Safari. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition 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 Apple Safari objc_msgSend_rtp HTML Tag Handling Denial of Service - 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 objc_msgSend_rtp HTML Tag Handling Denial of Service - Ver2