Check Point Advisories

SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor esp_parse Remote Code Execution (CVE-2014-3457)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1649
Date Published: 16 Jul 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 23 June, 2014
Source: CVE-2014-3457
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75

  • Who is Vulnerable? SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor (ESP) Studio 5.1 and prior
    Vulnerability Description Two unsafe pointer dereference vulnerabilities have been reported in SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor (ESP). These vulnerabilities are caused by the listening service accepting unsanitized pointers in XMLRPC requests. A remote attacker can leverage these vulnerabilities by sending crafted requests to a vulnerable server.

    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, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

    Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

    1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor esp_parse Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
    2. Install policy on all modules.

    SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

    Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
    Attack Information:  SAP Sybase Event Stream Processor esp_parse Remote Code Execution

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