Check Point Advisories

VSFTPD Remote Code Execution (CVE-2011-2523)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0458
Date Published: 6 Apr 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 04 December, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2011-2523
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? VSFTPD v2.3.4 20110630 to 20110703
Vulnerability Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists in VSFTPD. 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the VSFTPD Remote Code Execution (CVE-2011-2523) 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:  FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  VSFTPD Remote Code Execution (CVE-2011-2523)

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