Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Enterprise SP6 vb6stkitdll Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2008-2959)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2357
Date Published:	28 Dec 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 28 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-2959
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

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 Visual Basic 6 Enterprise SP6 vb6stkitdll 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Enterprise SP6 vb6stkitdll Buffer Overflow - Ver2