Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows PPTP Service Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2002-1214)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2450
Date Published:	28 Dec 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 28 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2002-1214
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services. 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 Windows PPTP Service 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 Windows PPTP Service Buffer Overflow - Ver2