Check Point Advisories

Nfsutils TCP Connection Termination Denial of Service attack - Ver2 (CVE-2004-1014)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0766
Date Published:	18 May 2015
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-1014
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in multiple products. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the 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 Nfsutils TCP Connection Termination Denial of Service attack - 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: NFS Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Nfsutils TCP Connection Termination Denial of Service attack - Ver2