Check Point SmartDefense Service
Provides Customers with Vulnerability Protection
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., - June 15, 2004
- Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP),
the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that
its industry-leading VPN-1® Next Generation™ product lines
defend against the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability.
The vulnerability exists in the way Internet Explorer handles security
restrictions when processing Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
using Microsoft's ITS security handler. If exploited, the vulnerability
could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable
systems, therefore allowing hackers access to data and files. Vulnerable
systems include Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server.
With Check Point's INSPECT, the industry's most intelligent and
adaptive inspection technology, Check Point provides customers with
the best network and application-level security protection for emerging
Internet vulnerabilities like this latest Microsoft Internet Explorer
vulnerability. Also, customers using the SmartDefense Service benefit
from real-time updates that provide protection from new and emerging
threats.
A defense against this vulnerability has been available to subscription
customers of the SmartDefense Service since June 9, 2004. For more
information on how to provide the appropriate defenses, please see
advisory CPAI-2004-22 at http://www.checkpoint.com/securitycenter/advisories/index.html.
About Check Point SmartDefense Service
The SmartDefense Service capabilities are available for Check Point
products including VPN-1 Pro, Check Point Express, InterSpect and
Connectra.
About Check Point Software
Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in securing
the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of both the worldwide
VPN and firewall markets. Through its Next Generation product line,
the company delivers a broad range of Perimeter, Internal and Web
security solutions that protect business communications and resources
for corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch
offices and partner extranets. Extending the power of the Check
Point solution is its Open Platform for Security (OPSEC), the industry's
framework and alliance for integration and interoperability with
"best-of-breed" solutions from over 350 leading companies.
Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network
of more than 2,300 Check Point partners in 92 countries. For more
information, please call us at (800) 429-4391 or (650) 628-2000,
or visit us on the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com
or at http://www.opsec.com.
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Management, Zone Labs Integrity and Smarter Security are trademarks
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or its affiliates. All other product names mentioned herein are
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The products described in this document are protected by U.S. Patent
No. 5,606,668, 5,835,726 and 6,496,935 and may be protected by other
U.S. Patents, foreign patents, or pending applications.
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