Check Point Advisories

Adobe Products JBIG2 Stream Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2009-0658)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1072
Date Published:	3 Mar 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 11 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-0658
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Adobe products. The vulnerability is due to errors in Adobe products that fail to sufficiently validate input when processing embedded JBIG2 streams within PDF documents. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a specially crafted PDF file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

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 Adobe Products JBIG2 Stream 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: Adobe Reader Violation.
Attack Information: Adobe Products JBIG2 Stream Buffer Overflow - Ver2