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Update Protection against Cisco Unified Communications Manager CTL Provider Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-015
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Secunia Advisory: SA28530
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2008-0027
Protection Provided by: VPN-1
  • NGX R65
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
  • NGX R60
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55
VSX
  • NGX
InterSpect
  • NGX
Connectra
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
Who is Vulnerable?
Cisco Systems Unified CallManager 4.0
Cisco Systems Unified CallManager 4.1 Versions prior to 4.1(3)SR5c
Cisco Systems Unified Communications Manager 4.2 Versions prior to 4.2(3)SR3
Cisco Systems Unified Communications Manager 4.3 Versions prior to 4.3(1)SR1
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Certificate Trust List (CTL) Provider service of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Cisco Unified Communications Manager provides voice, video, mobility, and presence services. The Cisco Certificate Trust List (CTL) Provider service handles authentication and certificate requests for the Cisco Unified Communications Manager. A remote attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code on an affected server.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to an error in the Certificate Trust List (CTL) Provider service that fails to properly process crafted client requests. A remote attacker can trigger this issue by sending a crafted message to a vulnerable server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may create a denial of service condition and allow execution of arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block malformed messages sent to the CTL 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 > VoIP > Block Cisco Unified Communications Manager 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: VOIP Enforcement
Attack Information: Cisco unified communications manager vulnerability detected

VPN-1 NGX R61 & R60

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

Block Cisco Unified Communications Manager Vulnerability

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: VOIP Enforcement
Attack Information: Cisco unified communications manager vulnerability detected

VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55

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

Block Cisco Unified Communications Manager Vulnerability

3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99967 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.

VPN-1 VSX NGX

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

Block Cisco Unified Communications Manager Vulnerability

3. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99967 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 > VoIP.
3. Select the following protection:

Block Cisco Unified Communications Manager 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: VOIP Enforcement
Attack Information: Cisco unified communications manager vulnerability 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 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Vulnerability

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: VOIP Enforcement
Attack Information: Cisco unified communications manager vulnerability detected