Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Multiple Products Denial of Service (CVE-2023-38171)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-1764
Date Published:	19 Aug 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 19 August, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-38171
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft .NET 7.0.0 and later, prior to 7.0.12 Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.2.0 and later, prior to 17.2.20 Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.4.0 and later, prior to 17.4.12 Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.6.0 and later, prior to 17.6.8 Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 17.7.0 and later, prior to 17.7.5 Microsoft Windows 11 22h2 prior to 10.0.22621.2428 Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in multiple Microsoft products. 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 Multiple Products Denial of Service (CVE-2023-38171) 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 Multiple Products Denial of Service (CVE-2023-38171)