Check Point Advisories

E107 My_Gallery Plugin Absolute Path Traversal (CVE-2008-1702)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2093
Date Published:	10 Nov 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 07 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-1702
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Web servers
Vulnerability Description	A directory traversal vulnerability has been reported in E107 My Gallery. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a full pathname in the file parameter. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to list directories 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 E107 My_Gallery Plugin Absolute Path Traversal 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: E107 My_Gallery Plugin Absolute Path Traversal