Check Point Advisories

Compface File long declaration Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2009-2286)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1202
Date Published:	31 Mar 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 31 March, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2009-2286
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in James Ashton Compface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using a long declaration in a .xbm file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

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 Compface File long declaration 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: HTTP Protocol Inspection.
Attack Information: Compface File long declaration Buffer Overflow - Ver2