Check Point Advisories

ImageMagick Server Side Request Forgery (CVE-2016-3718)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0541
Date Published:	29 Jun 2016
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 03 December, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-3718
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1
Vulnerability Description	A server side request forgery vulnerability exists in ImageMagick. Successful exploitation would allow attackers to create HTTP or FTP requests on behalf of the vulnerable server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the ImageMagick Server Side Request Forgery (CVE-2016-3718) 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: ImageMagick Server Side Request Forgery (CVE-2016-3718)