Check Point Advisories

OpenSSL DTLS Handshake Memory Exhaustion (CVE-2014-3506)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1849
Date Published: 29 Oct 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 29 October, 2014
Source: OpenSSL
Industry Reference:CVE-2014-3506
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75

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    Who is Vulnerable? OpenSSL Project OpenSSL prior to 1.0.1i
    Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability exists in OpenSSL. The vulnerability is due to large memory consumption during reassembly of the fragmented DTLS handshake. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted messages to a target.

    Protection Overview

    Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenSSL DTLS Handshake Memory Exhaustion protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

    Attack Name:  OpenSSL Enforcement Violation.
    Attack Information:  OpenSSL DTLS Handshake Memory Exhaustion

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