Check Point Advisories

Ingres Database iidbms Heap Overflow - ver 2

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-0863
Date Published: 11 Feb 2014
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 22 January, 2025
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75 and above
Who is Vulnerable? Ingres Ingres Database 9.3
Vulnerability Description Ingres Database is a relational database product available for both Windows and Unix-like platforms. A vulnerability has been reported in Ingres Database that could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient boundary checking in the iidbms component of the Ingres Database. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted request to the database server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would cause a heap buffer overflow that could cause a denial of service, or allow execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected process.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Ingres Database iidbms Heap Overflow - ver 2 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: Database Protection Violation
Attack Information: Ingres Database iidbms Heap Overflow - ver 2

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