Check Point Advisories

Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Artegic Dana IRC Client (CVE-2008-2922)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-1214
Date Published:	15 Oct 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 19 October, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2008-2922
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Dana IRC client 1.3
Vulnerability Description	Stack-based buffer overflow in artegic Dana IRC client 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long IRC message.

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 Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Artegic Dana IRC Client 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Artegic Dana IRC Client