Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Server Denial of Service (CVE-2024-38071)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1063
Date Published:	20 Mar 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 20 March, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-38071
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Standard without Hyper-v Edition on x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Standard without Hyper-v Edition on x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 on x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition on x86 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 prior to 10.0.14393.7159 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 prior to 10.0.17763.6054 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 prior to 10.0.20348.2582 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 23H2 prior to 10.0.25398.1009
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Server. 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 Server Denial of Service (CVE-2024-38071) 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 Server Denial of Service (CVE-2024-38071)