Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Denial of Service (CVE-2010-2551)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2010-0813
Date Published:	11 Sep 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 11 September, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2010-2551
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (gold) for Itanium-Based Systems Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-Based Systems Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. 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 Microsoft Windows Denial of Service (CVE-2010-2551) 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: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Denial of Service (CVE-2010-2551)