Check Point Advisories

GitList URL Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-4511)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1883
Date Published:	6 Oct 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 07 October, 2014
Source:	CVE-2014-4511
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-4511
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	GitList 0.5.0 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A code execution vulnerability has been reported in GitList. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for meta-characters passed in the request URL. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the 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 GitList URL Remote Code Execution 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: GitList URL Remote Command Execution