Check Point Advisories

IBM WebSphere Application Server SIP Processing Denial of Service (CVE-2016-2960)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0765
Date Published: 7 Sep 2016
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Sunday 11 September, 2016
Source: IBM
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-2960
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5 Full Profile and Liberty
IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5 Full Profile and Liberty
IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0
Vulnerability Description A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in IBM WebSphere Application Server. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of SIP messages. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted SIP messages to the target server. Successful exploitation results in a denial-of-service condition.

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 IBM WebSphere Application Server SIP Processing Denial of Service 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:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  IBM WebSphere Application Server SIP Processing Denial of Service

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