Check Point Advisories

IBM Forms Viewer XFDL Form Processing Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2013-5447)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1197
Date Published:	31 Mar 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 31 March, 2014
Source:	CVE-2013-5447
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-5447
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R77, R76, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in IBM Forms Viewer. The vulnerability is due to an error when processing XFDL forms and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to download and process a specially crafted XFDL file with the vulnerable software.

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,
Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the IBM Forms Viewer XFDL Form Processing Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: IBM Protection Violation.
Attack Information: IBM Forms Viewer XFDL Form Processing Stack Buffer Overflow - Ver2