Check Point Advisories

SolarWinds Storage Manager AuthenticationFilter Policy Bypass

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-0874
Date Published: 6 Aug 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 10 August, 2015
Source: SolarWinds
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? SolarWinds Storage Manager 5.7.2 and prior
Vulnerability Description A policy bypass vulnerability has been reported in SolarWinds Storage Manager. The vulnerability is due to an issue where the AuthenticationFilter class fails to properly authenticate users prior to processing requests.A remote unauthenticated user can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the server AuthenticationFilter class. Successful exploitation could lead to a policy bypass condition on the server.

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 SolarWinds Storage Manager AuthenticationFilter Policy Bypass 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:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  SolarWinds Storage Manager AuthenticationFilter Policy Bypass

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