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Update Protection against Message Queuing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-065)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-152
Date Published:
Severity:
Last Updated:
Source: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-065
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2008-3479
Protection Provided by: VPN-1
  • NGX R65
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
  • NGX R60
VSX
  • NGX R65
InterSpect
  • NGX
IPS-1
  • IPS-1
  • IPS-1 NGX R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4
Vulnerability Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Message Queuing Service. Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) is a component of Microsoft Windows designed to act as a message portal between a set of applications requiring message exchange functionality. MSMQ enables applications that are running at different times to communicate across heterogeneous networks and across systems that may be temporarily offline. A remote attacker can exploit the MSMQ vulnerability to take complete control over an affected system.
Update/Patch Available
Apply patches:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-065
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to an error in the MSMQ service that fails to properly parse malformed RPC requests. A remote attacker could exploit this issue via a specially crafted RPC request sent to the vulnerable interface. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote code execution on the affected system.

Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block malformed requests to the vulnerable service.

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.

VPN-1 NGX R65 & R62

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Application Intelligence > MS-RPC > MS-RPC over CIFS.
2. Select the following protection:

Block Message Queuing Remote Code Execution (MS08-065)

3. Check Enforce MS-RPC Protections on all TCP Ports.
4. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
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: MS-RPC Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Message Queuing remote code execution (MS08-065)

VPN-1 NGX R61 & R60

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > MS-RPC > MS-RPC over CIFS.
2. Select the following protection:

Block Message Queuing Remote Code Execution (MS08-065)

3. Check Enforce MS-RPC Protections on all TCP Ports.
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: MS-RPC Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Message Queuing remote code execution (MS08-065)

VPN-1 VSX NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Application Intelligence > MS-RPC > MS-RPC over CIFS.
2. Select the following protection:

Block Message Queuing Remote Code Execution (MS08-065)

3. Check Enforce MS-RPC Protections on all TCP Ports.
4. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
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: MS-RPC Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Message Queuing remote code execution (MS08-065)

InterSpect NGX

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the left pane, select Profiles > Default Protection and select the SmartDefense page of the profile.
2. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > MS-RPC > MS-RPC over CIFS.
3. Select the following protection:

Block Message Queuing Remote Code Execution (MS08-065)

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: MS-RPC Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Message Queuing remote code execution (MS08-065)

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 Application Intelligence > MS-RPC, and select the MSMQ qmcomm Argument Overflow protection group.  
3. Click MSMQ qmcomm QMGetRemoteQueueName heap corruption attempt (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 entries will be logged:

Alert Name: msrpc_qmcomm
Description: get_remote_queue_name