Check Point Advisories

Google Golang Crypto Denial of Service (CVE-2020-9283)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-1032
Date Published:	25 Oct 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 25 October, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-9283
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Google Golang Crypto prior to v0.0.0-20200220183623-bac4c82f6975
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Google Golang. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could cause a denial-of-service condition.

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 Google Golang Crypto Denial of Service (CVE-2020-9283) 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: Google Golang Crypto Denial of Service (CVE-2020-9283)