Check Point Advisories

General Electric MDS PulseNET FileDownloadServlet Directory Traversal (CVE-2015-6459)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-1204
Date Published: 7 Oct 2015
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 13 October, 2015
Source: General Electric
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-6459
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? General Electric MDS PulseNET 3.1.3 and prior
General Electric MDS PulseNET Enterprise 3.1.3 and prior
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the General Electric MDS PulseNET products. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation in FileDownloadServlet. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and then delete an arbitrary file on the 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 General Electric MDS PulseNET FileDownloadServlet Directory Traversal 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:  General Electric MDS PulseNET FileDownloadServlet Directory Traversal

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