Check Point Advisories

Labtam ProFTP Client Banner Buffer Overflow (CVE-2009-3976)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-1207
Date Published:	2 Dec 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 02 December, 2015
Source:	BP
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R77 R76 R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Labtam ProFTP 2.9
Vulnerability Description	Labtam ProFTP is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via an overly long welcome message to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the service to crash.

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,
Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Labtam ProFTP Client Banner Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Labtam ProFTP Client Banner Buffer Overflow