Check Point Advisories

VMWare vCenter Server Integer Underflow (CVE-2024-37079)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2024-0684
Date Published: 4 Sep 2024
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 04 September, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2024-37079
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? VMWare vCenter Server 7.0 prior to 7.0 U3r
VMWare vCenter Server 8.0 prior to 8.0 U1e
VMWare vCenter Server 8.0 prior to 8.0 U2d
Vulnerability Description An integer underflow vulnerability exists for VMware vCenter Server. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability could lead to a heap buffer overflow, which could result in execution of arbitrary code in the context of the vulnerable service.

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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the VMWare vCenter Server Integer Underflow (CVE-2024-37079) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  VMWare vCenter Server Integer Underflow (CVE-2024-37079)

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