Check Point Advisories

FasterXML jackson-databind Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2020-36179)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2020-3205
Date Published: 17 Jan 2021
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Sunday 17 January, 2021
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2020-36179
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? FasterXML jackson-databind 2.x prior to 2.9.10.8
Vulnerability Description An Insecure Deserialization vulnerability exists in FasterXML jackson-databind. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted serialized object. Successful exploitation can result in arbitrary code execution in 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the FasterXML jackson-databind Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2020-36179) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  FasterXML jackson-databind Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2020-36179)

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