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Update Protection against VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2006-077
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: FrSIRT/ADV-2006-1228
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2006-1636
Protection Provided by: VPN-1
  • NGX R61
  • NGX R60
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55W
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55
  • NG with Application Intelligence R54
VSX
  • NGX
InterSpect
  • NGX
  • 2.0 and 1.x
Who is Vulnerable?
Virtual War version 1.5.0-R12 and prior
Vulnerability Description
Several vulnerabilities have been reported in Virtual War (VWar) due to input validation errors in several scripts. Remote attackers could exploit these vulnerabilities to include malicious files and compromise a vulnerable system.
Update/Patch Available
Upgrade to Virtual War version 1.5.0-R13 :
http://www.vwar.de/download.php
Vulnerability Details
These flaws are due to input validation errors in the "includes/get_header.php", "includes/functions_common.php" and "includes/functions_front.php" scripts that do not validate the "vwar_root" variable.

Protection Overview
The Update enables the HTTP Worm Catcher to detect and block the vulnerability based on a pre-defined worm signature.

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

Additional Information
The Update released on July 5, 2006 includes the following protections: 

Malformed SSH Init Message Protection (CPAI-2006-069)
Multiple IMAP Servers Directory Traversal Protection (CPAI-2006-070)
VNC Authentication Bypass Protection (CPAI-2006-071)
COM Object Instantiation Protection (MS06-013) - CPAI-2006-072
COM Object Instantiation Memory Corruption Vulnerability (MS06-021) - CPAI-2006-073
Microsoft JScript Remote Code Execution Protection (MS06-023) - CPAI-2006-074
Symantec Sygate SQL Injection Protection (CPAI-2006-075)
Horde Help Viewer Protection (CPAI-2006-076)
Virtual War (VWar) File Inclusion Protection (CPAI-2006-077)
AWStats Remote Command Execution Protection - CPAI-2006-078
Windows Media Player PNG Protection (MS06-024) - CPAI-2006-079
ART Image Rendering Protection (MS06-022) - CPAI-2006-080
MySQL Server str_to_date DoS Protection (CPAI-2006-081)
Enhanced Protection against AWStats "migrate" Shell Command Injection (CPAI-2006-053)
Additional Logs added to the FTP patterns engine (CPAI-2006-040)

VPN-1 NGX R61

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. Update SmartDefense: Click the SmartDefense Services tab, click Download Updates and then click the Online Update button.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click Malicious Code > General HTTP Worm Catcher.

VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: HTTP Worm Catcher
Attack Information: VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

VPN-1 NGX R60, VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55W

How Can I Protect My Network?

1. Update SmartDefense by clicking Online Update in the SmartDashboard General window.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click Malicious Code > General HTTP Worm Catcher.
3. Enable the following pattern:

VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: HTTP Worm Catcher
Attack Information: VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55/R54

How Can I Protect My Network?

1. Update SmartDefense by clicking Update Now in the SmartDashboard General window.
2. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web and enable General HTTP Worm Catcher.
3. Enable the following pattern:

VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

4. Install security policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: HTTP Worm Catcher
Attack Information: VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability 

VPN-1 VSX NGX

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. Update SmartDefense by clicking Online Update in the SmartDashboard General window.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click Malicious Code > General HTTP Worm Catcher.
3. Enable the following pattern:

VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: HTTP Worm Catcher
Attack Information: VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

InterSpect NGX

How Can I Protect My Network?

1. Update SmartDefense: In the left pane from the drop-down list, select Profiles > SmartDefense Service and click the Online Update button.
2. In the left pane, select Profiles > Default Protection and select the Web Intelligence page of the profile.
3. In the Web Intelligence tree, click Malicious Code > General HTTP Worm Catcher.
4. Enable the following pattern:

VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

5. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: HTTP Worm Catcher
Attack Information: VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

InterSpect 2.0

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. Update SmartDefense by clicking Online Update in the SmartDashboard General window.
2. In the SmartDefense tree, click Web > General HTTP Worm Defender.
3. Enable the following pattern:

VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability

4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name: HTTP Worm Catcher
Attack Information: VWar Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability