Check Point Advisories

Reprise License Manager actserver and akey HTTP Parameters Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-1130
Date Published:	6 Oct 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 08 October, 2015
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Reprise Software License Manager 11.3BL1 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Reprise License Manager. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of the actserver and akey parameters while processing a number of HTTP requests. Successful exploitation would lead to arbitrary code execution under the security context of the running process. An unsuccessful exploit attempt would lead to the rlm.exe process terminating abnormally, denying service to legitimate users.

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 Reprise License Manager actserver and akey HTTP Parameters Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Reprise License Manager actserver and akey HTTP Parameters Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow