Check Point Advisories

Poster Software PUBLISH-iT PUI File Processing Buffer Overflow (CVE-2014-0980)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1128
Date Published:	9 Mar 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-0980
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Poster Software PUBLISH-iT v3.6d
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Poster Software PUBLISH-iT. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation on the length of entry names in a "styl" record when processing PUI files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a malicious PUI file. Successful exploitation could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the currently logged in user.

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 Poster Software PUBLISH-iT PUI 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Poster Software PUBLISH-iT PUI File Processing Buffer Overflow