Check Point Advisories

SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager userlogin.jsp Policy Bypass (CVE-2015-2284)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0412
Date Published:	30 Mar 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 01 April, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-2284
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager prior to and including v6.6.5
Vulnerability Description	A policy bypass vulnerability exists in SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager. The vulnerability is due to a design weakness in the userlogin.jsp page which sets the "username" session value to a user supplied value prior to authentication. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to the vulnerable page.

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 SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager userlogin.jsp Policy Bypass 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: Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager userlogin.jsp Policy Bypass