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Update Protection against Trend Micro OfficeScan CGI Password Decryption Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-128
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA29124
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2008-1366
Protection Provided by: IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 7.3 Patch 3 Build 1314 and prior
Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition 8.0 Patch 2 Build 1189 and prior
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Trend Micro OfficeScan. Trend Micro OfficeScan is a centralized virus and security scan management system. A remote attacker may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. Successful exploitation may allow the attacker to take complete control of the affected system.
Update/Patch Available
Apply patches:
OfficeScan 6.5
OfficeScan 7.0
OfficeScan 7.3
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the Trend Micro OfficeScan Policy server that fails to properly handle HTTP requests. An attacker might trigger this flaw by specially crafting a malicious HTTP request and sending it to the target server. Successful exploitation of this issue will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.

Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, IPS-1 will detect and block the malformed HTTP requests.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest SmartDefense update. For information on how to update SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.

IPS-1 & IPS-1 NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the IPS-1 Policy Manager, click on the Protection tab.
2. In the Protection tree, click Web Intelligence > WWW 2, and select the CGI Attacks protection group.
3. Click the following protections (IPS-1 NGX R65 only):

Trend Micro OfficeScan CGI Content-Length Denial of Service
Trend Micro OfficeScan CGI NULL pointer dereference

4. In the configuration pane, under Settings, check Active.
5. Click on Install Policy.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Upon attack, the following entry will be logged:

Alert Name: www2_cgi
Description: www_cgi_cve_2008_1366_1_alert

Alert Name: www2_cgi
Description: www_cgi_cve_2008_1366_2_alert