Check Point Advisories

Progress WhatsUp Gold Denial of Service (CVE-2024-5011)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-0629
Date Published:	1 Jan 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 01 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-5011
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Progress WhatsUp Gold prior to 23.1.3
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Progress WhatsUp Gold. 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 Progress WhatsUp Gold Denial of Service (CVE-2024-5011) 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: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Progress WhatsUp Gold Denial of Service (CVE-2024-5011)