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Workaround for Multiple Microsoft Visio Vulnerabilities (MS08-019)

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Check Point Reference: SBP-2008-05
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-019
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2008-1089
CVE-2008-1090
Protection Provided by: VPN-1
  • NGX R65
  • NGX R62
  • NGX R61
  • NGX R60
  • NG with Application Intelligence R55
VSX
  • NGX
  • NGX R65
InterSpect
  • NGX
Who is Vulnerable?
Microsoft Office XP SP3
Microsoft Office 2003 SP2
Microsoft Office 2003 SP3
2007 Microsoft Office System
2007 Microsoft Office System SP1
Vulnerability Description
Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Visio. Microsoft Visio is a diagram creation software for Microsoft Windows. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities via a specially crafted Visio file. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Update/Patch Available
Apply patches:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-019
Vulnerability Details
CVE-2008-1089: The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Visio that fails to properly validate object header data when opening Visio files.
CVE-2008-1090: The vulnerability is due to an error in Microsoft Visio that fails to properly validate memory allocations when loading specially crafted Visio files from disk into memory.

A remote attacker could trigger these flaws by convincing the victim to open a specially crafted Visio file (.VSD, VSS, or .VST). Successful exploitation of these issues allows execution of arbitrary code once a malformed Visio file is being loaded on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the transferring of Microsoft Visio files over HTTP. No update is required to address this vulnerability.

Since the protection offered in this advisory may degrade performance and block access to legitimate files, users are advised to use this protection as a workaround till all systems are patched.

Users are protected against this vulnerability if the Protection against Microsoft Visio Remote Code Execution addressed in CPAI-2007-074 has been applied.

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 > Content Protection.
2. Select the following:

Block Office files

3. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
4. In the configuration pane, select the following protection:

Block Visio Documents

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: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Visio document detected

VPN-1 NGX R61 & R60

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

Block Office files

3. In the configuration pane, select the following protection:

Block Visio Documents

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: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Visio document detected

VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55

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

Block Office files

3. In the configuration pane, select the following protection:

Block Visio Documents

4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #980119 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 > Content Protection.
2. Select the following:

Block Office files

3. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
4. In the configuration pane, select the following protection:

Block Visio Documents

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: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Visio document detected

VPN-1 VSX NGX

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

Block Office files

3. In the configuration pane, select the following protection:

Block Visio Documents

4. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #980119 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 > Content Protection.
3. Select the following protection:

Block Office files

4. In the configuration pane, select the following protections:

Block Visio Documents

5. 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: Content Protection Violation
Attack Information: Visio document detected