Check Point Advisories

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0 (CVE-2016-0703; CVE-2016-0704; CVE-2016-0800)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1127
Date Published:	18 Mar 2014
Severity:	Low
Last Updated:	Sunday 21 July, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-0703 CVE-2016-0704 CVE-2016-0800
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a cryptographic protocol meant to provide security and data integrity for communications over TCP/IP networks. This protocol is considered obsolete and insecure, and is deprecated in favor of the more advanced TLS protocol. This protection will detect and block any use of SSLv2 protocol. This will provide protection against the DROWN (CVE-2016-0800) vulnerability, as well as against many other known SSLv2 vulnerabilities.

Protection Overview

IPS will detect and block the transferring of traffic over SSL 2.0.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0 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: SSL Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Version 2.0