Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows GDI+ BMP File Parsing Integer Overflow (MS08-052) - Ver2 (CVE-2008-3015)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0712
Date Published: 18 May 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-3015
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Bitmap (BMP) is an image file format used to store bitmap digital images. A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the way GDI+ handles integer calculations for BMP files. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow when GDI+ fails to properly processes a malformed header in a BMP image file. A remote attacker may trigger this issue by convincing a user to open a specially crafted BMP 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows GDI+ BMP File Parsing Integer Overflow (MS08-052) - Ver2 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:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows GDI+ BMP File Parsing Integer Overflow (MS08-052) - Ver2

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