Check Point Advisories

PHP Libmagic Portable Executable Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access (CVE-2014-2270)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1193
Date Published:	18 May 2014
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 18 May, 2014
Source:	CVE-2014-2270
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R77 R76 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	PHP Group PHP prior to 5.5.10
Vulnerability Description	An out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability exists in PHP Libmagic. The vulnerability is due to the way the file utility determines the type of Portable Executable (PE) format files. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by uploading a malicious PE file to a vulnerable server.

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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the PHP Libmagic Portable Executable Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  PHP Libmagic Portable Executable Out-Of-Bounds Memory Access