Check Point Advisories

Check Point Firewall-1 HTTP Parsing Format String Code Execution - Ver2 (CVE-2004-0039)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0334
Date Published:	26 Mar 2015
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 26 March, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0039
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A code execution vulnerability has been reported in Checkpoint Firewall-1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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 Check Point Firewall-1 HTTP Parsing Format String Code Execution - 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: HTTP Protocol Inspection.
Attack Information: Check Point Firewall-1 HTTP Parsing Format String Code Execution - Ver2