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Update Protection against Borland StarTeam Multicast Service HTTP Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-130
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA29631
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2008-0311
Protection Provided by: IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Borland StarTeam Multicast Service 6.4
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Borland StarTeam Multicast Service. Borland StarTeam is a software change and configuration management tool, designed for both centralized and geographically distributed software development environments. A remote attacker might exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in the Borland StarTeam Multicast Service when processing HTTP requests. An attacker can exploit this issue by specially crafting a malicious HTTP request and sending it to the target service. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block malformed HTTP requests.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1 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 Strict Compliance protection group.
3. Click CVE-2008-0311 Long HTTP Line (IPS-1 NGX R65 only).
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_compliance
Description: cve_2008_0311_alert