Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2018-0741 |
Date Published: | 1 Jul 2018 |
Severity: | Critical |
Last Updated: | Monday 06 August, 2018 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2017-3623 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Solaris 2.6 Solaris 2.7 Solaris 2.8 |
Vulnerability Description | A security bypass vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Solaris. The vulnerability is due to an error in the way the server validates RPC requests from unauthorized users. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted RPC requests to the target. Successful exploitation could result in shell command execution in the context of the target server. |
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Oracle Solaris Remote Shell Code Execution (CVE-2017-3623) - Ver2