Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2019-0288 |
Date Published: | 17 Feb 2019 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Tuesday 21 January, 2020 |
Source: | |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2018-16430 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | Libextractor |
Vulnerability Description | An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in Libextractor. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of long File Comment fields within ZIP files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to denial-of-service conditions or disclosure of sensitive information. |
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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: GNU Libextractor ZIP File Comment Out-of-Bounds Read