Check Point Advisories

OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2022-0778)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2022-0088
Date Published:	27 Mar 2022
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 27 March, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2022-0778
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	OpenSSL version 1.0.2 OpenSSL version 1.1.1 OpenSSL version 3.0
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in OpenSSL. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition 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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2022-0778) 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: SSL Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: OpenSSL Denial of Service (CVE-2022-0778)