Check Point Advisories

watchTowr Security Scanner

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-0079
Date Published:	11 Mar 2024
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 11 March, 2024
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	watchTowr is a vulnerability scanning product. Remote attackers can use watchTowr to detect vulnerabilities on a target server.

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 watchTowr Security Scanner 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: Scanner Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: watchTowr Security Scanner