Check Point Advisories

IPS Community Suite Remote Code Execution (CVE-2016-6174)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0973
Date Published:	5 Jul 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 05 July, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-6174
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	IPS Community Suite 4.1.12.3 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in IPS Community Suite. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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 IPS Community Suite Remote Code Execution (CVE-2016-6174) 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 Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: IPS Community Suite Remote Code Execution (CVE-2016-6174)