Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DHCP Server Request Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2004-0900)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-0751
Date Published: 3 Jul 2018
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Monday 06 August, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2004-0900
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows NT. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a malformed DHCP message. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

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 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DHCP Server Request Buffer Overflow - Ver2 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:  DHCP Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DHCP Server Request Buffer Overflow - Ver2

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