Update Protection against Yahoo! Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2007-105 | |
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| Source: | Secunia Advisory: SA26011 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4034 | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Yahoo! Widgets 4.0.3 (build 178) | ||
| Vulnerability Description A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Yahoo! Widgets. Yahoo! Widgets is a free application platform for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. It offers a large set of desktop Widgets that perform a variety of functions. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document or open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded. |
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Update/Patch Available Upgrade to Yahoo! Widgets version 4.0.5: Yahoo! Widgets |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerability is due to an error within the Yahoo! Widgets YDPCTL.dll ActiveX control. To trigger this issue, an attacker may create a malicious web page that will exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the vulnerable ActiveX Control. Depending on the traffic mix, activating this protection may result in performance degradation.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1/InterSpect 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.
Additional Information
The update released on September 18, 2007 includes the following protections:
Squid Proxy TRACE Request Denial of Service Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-084)
Microsoft Exchange Server iCal Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS07-026) CPAI-2007-081
Microsoft Exchange SMTP MIME Vulnerability (MS07-026) CPAI-2007-094
Yahoo! Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-105)
Multiple Trend Micro ServerProtect Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (CPAI-2007-106)
VPN-1 NGX R65 & R62
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Web Intelligence > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities > Block Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
3. Install policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Widgets YDP activeX control buffer overflow
VPN-1 NGX R61 & R60
How Can I Protect My Network? Block Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
1. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Widgets YDP activeX control buffer overflow
VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55
How Can I Protect My Network? Block Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99914 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.
VPN-1 VSX NGX
How Can I Protect My Network? Block Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99914 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.
InterSpect NGX
How Can I Protect My Network? Block Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
1. In the left pane, select Profiles > Default Protection and select the Web Intelligence page of the profile.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
3. Select the following pattern:
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: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Widgets YDP activeX control buffer overflow
InterSpect 2.0
How Can I Protect My Network? Block Widgets YDP ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
3. 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: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Widgets YDP activeX control buffer overflow