Check Point Advisories

BACnet Stack Denial of Service (CVE-2019-12480)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2019-2747
Date Published:	5 Feb 2023
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 05 February, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2019-12480
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	BACnet Stack v0.8.6
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in BACnet Stack project. 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 BACnet Stack Denial of Service (CVE-2019-12480) 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: SCADA Protection Violation.
Attack Information: BACnet Stack Denial of Service (CVE-2019-12480)