Check Point Advisories

Spike DDoS Toolkit GET Flood Denial of Service

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1944
Date Published:	30 Oct 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 02 December, 2014
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Linux, Windows systems and embedded devices.
Vulnerability Description	Spike DDos Toolkit has multiple DDoS payloads, including SYN flood, UDP flood, Domain Name System (DNS) query flood, and GET floods.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block uses of this toolkit GET flood.

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 Spike DDoS Toolkit GET Flood Denial of Service 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: Spike DDoS Toolkit GET Flood Denial of Service