Check Point Advisories

Golden FTP PASS Buffer Overflow (CVE-2006-6576)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-2258
Date Published:	27 Nov 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Monday 01 December, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-6576
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Golden FTP Server Version 4.70
Vulnerability Description	Golden FTP Server is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it into an insufficiently sized memory buffer.Exploiting this vulnerability may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected device. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

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 Golden FTP PASS Buffer Overflow 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: FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Golden FTP PASS Buffer Overflow