Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows GDI+ GIF Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS08-052) - Ver2 (CVE-2008-3013)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0694
Date Published:	18 May 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-3013
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) images are 8-bit files that support transparency, compression, interlacing, and multiple-image pictures (animated GIFs). A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the way GDI+ parses GIF images. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overrun when GDI+ fails to properly parse indexes in a specially crafted GIF image file. A remote attacker may trigger this issue by convincing a user to open a specially crafted GIF file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code on an 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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows GDI+ GIF Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS08-052) - Ver2 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows GDI+ GIF Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS08-052) - Ver2