Check Point Advisories

TLS Servers Cipher Suites Vulnerability Scanning Tools

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1534
Date Published: 20 May 2014
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Tuesday 20 May, 2014
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77

  • R76
  • R75

  • Who is Vulnerable?
    TLS-enabled servers.
    Vulnerability Description Several vulnerability scanning tools are designed to gather supported cipher suites information from TLS servers. Such scans might indicate an attempt to disclose information about a server, as a preparation for an attack.

    Protection Overview

    IPS will detect and block TLS cipher suites scanning attempts.

    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 TLS Servers Cipher Suites Vulnerability Scanning Tools 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:  SSL Enforcement Violation.
    Attack Information:  TLS Servers Cipher Suites Vulnerability Scanning Tools

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