Check Point Advisories

PHP Libmagic Portable Executable Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access (CVE-2014-2270)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1193
Date Published:	30 Mar 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 17 July, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-2270
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	PHP Group PHP prior to 5.5.10
Vulnerability Description	An out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability exists in PHP Libmagic. The vulnerability is due to the way the file utility determines the type of Portable Executable (PE) format files. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by uploading a malicious PE file to a vulnerable server.

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 PHP Libmagic Portable Executable Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access 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 Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: PHP Libmagic Portable Executable Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access