Check Point Advisories

GNU Wget Cookie Injection Policy Bypass (CVE-2018-0494)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0510
Date Published:	14 May 2018
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Tuesday 31 July, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-0494
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	wget
Vulnerability Description	A policy bypass vulnerability exists in Wget. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of cookies within HTTP responses, causing cookies for arbitrary domains to be set.

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 GNU Wget Cookie Injection Policy Bypass 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 Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: GNU Wget Cookie Injection Policy Bypass