Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Malformed PNG Parsing Information Disclosure (MS15-024; CVE-2015-0080)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0247
Date Published:	10 Mar 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 16 August, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-0080
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70
Who is Vulnerable?	Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows RT and Windows RT 8.1 Server Core installation option
Vulnerability Description	An information disclosure vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Malformed PNG Parsing. The vulnerability is triggered when Windows fails to properly handle uninitialized memory when parsing certain, specially crafted PNG image format files. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted PNG file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block PNG files which might trigger 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 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Malformed PNG Parsing Information Disclosure (MS15-024) 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 Malformed PNG Parsing Information Disclosure (MS15-024)