Check Point Advisories

SolarWinds DameWare Heap Overflow (CVE-2020-5734)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-1036
Date Published:	26 Oct 2020
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 26 October, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-5734
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	SolarWinds DameWare prior to version 12.1.1
Vulnerability Description	A heap overflow vulnerability exists in SolarWinds DameWare. 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SolarWinds DameWare Heap Overflow (CVE-2020-5734) 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: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: SolarWinds DameWare Heap Overflow (CVE-2020-5734)