Check Point Advisories

Apache Qpid Sequence Set Denial of Service (CVE-2015-0203)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0492
Date Published: 20 Apr 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source: Apache
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-0203
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Apache Software Foundation QPID prior to 0.32
Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability exists in Apache Qpid. The vulnerability is due to way the Qpid daemon (qpidd) processes certain protocol sequences. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a control or command assembly with malicious parameters. Successful exploitation will lead to abnormal termination of the program resulting in a denial of service condition.

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 Apache Qpid Sequence Set Denial of Service 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:  Apache Qpid Sequence Set Denial of Service

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