Check Point Advisories

Aerospike Database Server RW Fabric Message Code Execution (CVE-2016-9053)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2017-0288
Date Published: 12 Apr 2017
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 20 April, 2017
Source: Aerospike
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-9053
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Aerospike Database Server prior to 3.11.1.1
Vulnerability Description An out-of-bounds array indexing vulnerability has been reported in Aerospike Database Server. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of a fabric message containing a request to write a record element with malicious type value. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a maliciously crafted fabric message to 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 R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Aerospike Database Server RW Fabric Message Code Execution 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:  Aerospike Database Server RW Fabric Message Code Execution

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