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Update Protection against Borland InterBase Database Service Create-Request Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-060
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA26189
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2007-3566
Protection Provided by: VPN-1
  • NGX R65
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
  • NGX R60
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55
VSX
  • NGX
  • NGX R65
InterSpect
  • NGX
Connectra
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
Who is Vulnerable?
Borland InterBase 2007 Prior to SP2
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Borland InterBase. Borland InterBase is a SQL-92 compliant relational database management system for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Solaris operating systems. A remote attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service condition or to execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
Update/Patch Available
Update to Borland InterBase 2007 Service Pack 2:
Borland
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to a boundary error in Borland InterBase that fails to properly process the payload in CREATE request. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by specially crafting a malicious CREATE request and sending it to a target service. Successful exploitation of this issue may cause a denial of service condition or allow the attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system.

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

In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1/InterSpect/Connectra 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 > Database Protections.
2. Select the following:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

3. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
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: Database Protection Violation
Attack Information: Borland InterBase database service buffer overflow attempt detected

VPN-1 NGX R61 & R60

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections.
2. Select the following:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

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: Database Protection Violation
Attack Information: Borland InterBase database service buffer overflow attempt detected

VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections.
2. Select the following:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99943 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.

VPN-1 VSX NGX R65

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections.
2. Select the following:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

3. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
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: Database Protection Violation
Attack Information: Borland InterBase database service buffer overflow attempt detected

VPN-1 VSX NGX

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Database Protections.
2. Select the following:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99943 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.

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 > Database Protections.
3. Select the following protection:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

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: Database Protection Violation
Attack Information: Borland InterBase database service buffer overflow attempt detected

Connectra NGX R62 & R61

How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the left-hand menu, click Security > SmartDefense > Application Intelligence.
2. In the Dynamic Attacks pane, select the following protection:

Block Borland InterBase Database Service Buffer Overflow

3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Upon attack, the following entries will be logged:

Attack Name: Database Protection Violation
Attack Information: Borland InterBase database service buffer overflow attempt detected