Check Point Advisories

TFTPD32 Request Filename Handling Error Format String Denial of Service - Ver2 (CVE-2006-0328)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0701
Date Published:	18 May 2015
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-0328
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in TFTPD32. The vulnerability is due to a format string error when processing a specially crafted GET request containing a malformed file-name. A remote attacker could exploit this by crashing a vulnerable application and possibly executing arbitrary code on the target 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 TFTPD32 Request Filename Handling Error Format String Denial of Service - 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: TFTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: TFTPD32 Request Filename Handling Error Format String Denial of Service - Ver2