Check Point Advisories

Oracle Solaris Buffer Overflow (CVE-2020-14871)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-1173
Date Published:	11 Nov 2020
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Wednesday 11 November, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-14871
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80
Who is Vulnerable?	Oracle Solaris 10 Oracle Solaris 11
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Oracle Solaris. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a denial of service or execution of arbitrary code into 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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Solaris Buffer Overflow (CVE-2020-14871) 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: Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Oracle Solaris Buffer Overflow (CVE-2020-14871)