Check Point Advisories

Internet Explorer PNG Image Rendering Memory Corruption - improved performance (MS05-025; CVE-2005-1211; CVE-2006-0025)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-99
Date Published:	24 Mar 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 12 May, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-1211 CVE-2006-0025
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a popular image file format. Specially crafted PNG files may be used to create a DoS condition and in some cases, arbitrary code execution.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block malformed PNG files.

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 R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Internet Explorer PNG Image Rendering Memory Corruption - improved performance (MS05-025) 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: Internet Explorer PNG Image Rendering Memory Corruption - improved performance (MS05-025)