Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange Denial of Service - Ver2 (CVE-2006-1359)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1100
Date Published: 3 Mar 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 03 March, 2014
Source: CVE-2006-1359
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75 and above

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer. 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 will detect and block 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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R70 / R71 / R75 and above

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange Denial of Service - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Malware Traffic.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Internet Explorer createTextRange Denial of Service - Ver2

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