Check Point Advisories

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server Denial of Service (CVE-2015-8523)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0064
Date Published:	24 Jan 2017
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 01 February, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-8523
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack 5.5.x and 6.x before 6.1.12.2
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to port 11460/TCP.

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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server Denial of Service 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: IBM Tivoli Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Server Denial of Service