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Google Chrome and Apple Safari Runin Handling Use After Free (CVE-2011-3068)

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Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-387
Date Published:
Severity:
Source: Google
Industry Reference(s): CVE-2011-3068
Protection Provided by: Security Gateway
  • R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Google Chrome prior to 18.0.1025.151
Apple Computer Safari 5.x prior to 5.1.4
Vulnerability Description
A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Apple Safari and Google Chrome.
Vulnerability Details
The vulnerability is due to a use-after-free condition. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a specially crafted HTML document. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the security privileges of the logged-in user.

Protection Overview
This protection will detect and block attempts to open a malicious HTML document.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , 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.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

How Can I Protect My Network?

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Google Chrome and Apple Safari Runin Handling Use After Free protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Google Chrome and Apple Safari Runin Handling Use After Free