Check Point Advisories

dotCMS H2 Database CategoriesServlet inode SQL Injection

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0242
Date Published:	15 Mar 2017
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 26 March, 2017
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	dotCMS CE 3.6.1
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability has been reported in dotCMS H2 Database. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the inode parameter in HTTP request sent to the getCreateSortChildren function. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious HTTP request to the target 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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the dotCMS H2 Database CategoriesServlet inode SQL Injection 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 Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: dotCMS H2 Database CategoriesServlet inode SQL Injection