Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows SMB Response Handling Buffer Overflow - ver 2 (CVE-2005-0045)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1504
Date Published:	30 Apr 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 01 May, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-0045
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3-SP4 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows XP SP1-SP2
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in the Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) client component. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted message to an affected system. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to take complete control of the target.

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 Microsoft Windows SMB Response Handling Buffer Overflow - ver 2 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: Windows SMB Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows SMB Response Handling Buffer Overflow - ver 2