Check Point Advisories

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor loadExtensionFactory Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2015-1500)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0431
Date Published: 6 Apr 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 06 April, 2015
Source: SolarWinds
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-1500
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? SolarWinds Orion Server & Application Monitor 6.1.1 and prior
Vulnerability Description A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation in loadExtensionFactory method of a 'factory' object. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability by enticing a target user to visit a malicious website. Successful exploitation could allow arbitrary code execution within the security context 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 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor loadExtensionFactory Stack Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor loadExtensionFactory Stack Buffer Overflow

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