Check Point Advisories

PHP Fileinfo cdf_read_property_info Denial of Service - ver 2 (CVE-2014-3587)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2187
Date Published:	12 Nov 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 19 November, 2014
Source:	PHP
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-3587
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	PHP Group PHP prior to 5.6.0 PHP Group PHP prior to 5.5.16 PHP Group PHP prior to 5.4.32
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability exists in PHP. It is due to an integer overflow error in the FileInfo module while processing CDF files. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending crafted CDF files to a web application running a vulnerable version of PHP.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

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 PHP Fileinfo cdf_read_property_info Denial of Service - ver 2 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: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: PHP Fileinfo cdf_read_property_info Denial of Service - ver 2