Check Point Advisories

DNS cache poisoning attack - Ver2 (CVE-1999-0024)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2373
Date Published:	28 Dec 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 28 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-1999-0024
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A cache poisoning vulnerability has been reported in the DNS protocol. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute DNS cache poisoning via BIND, by predictable query IDs.

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 DNS cache poisoning attack - 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: DNS Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: DNS cache poisoning attack - Ver2