Check Point Advisories

VMware JPEG2000 Stack Overflow (CVE-2015-2336)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0683
Date Published:	25 Jun 2015
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 28 June, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-2336
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	VMWare Fusion prior to 6.0.6 VMWare Fusion prior to 7.0.1 VMWare Horizon Client for Windows prior to 3.4.0 VMWare Horizon Client for Windows prior to 5.4.1 VMWare Horizon Client for Windows prior to 3.2.1 VMWare Player prior to 6.0.6 VMWare Player prior to 7.1.1 VMWare Workstation prior to 10.0.6 VMWare Workstation prior to 11.1.1
Vulnerability Description	A stack overflow vulnerability has been reported in multiple VMWare products, including VMware Workstation, Player, and Fusion, when processing JPEG2000 (JPX) files. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition or code execution on the host 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 VMware JPEG2000 Stack Overflow 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: VMware JPEG2000 Stack Overflow