Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0 (CVE-2004-0120)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-515
Date Published:	8 Nov 2011
Severity:	N/A
Last Updated:	Sunday 25 August, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2004-0120
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a cryptographic protocol that provides security and data integrity for communications over TCP/IP networks. The protocol is considered obsolete and insecure. This protection can detect and prevent connections attempting to use this protocol. In particular, this protection may be used to prevent attacks exploiting the Poodle vulnerability. There are cases in which certain traffic, although not intended for malicious use, is very unsafe, since it may transfer shellcode which is undetectable by IPS.

Protection Overview

IPS will detect and block the transferring of traffic over SSL 3.0.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SSL Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Secure Sockets Layer Version 3.0