Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickTime Crafted Media File FlipFileTypeAtom_BtoN Integer Underflow (CVE-2007-2296)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-069
Date Published: 17 May 2007
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Thursday 17 May, 2007
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-2296
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70, R65
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description MP4 is the official filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files.These files are generally used to store digital audio and digital video streams.A vulnerability has been reported in Apple QuickTime. A remote attacker could trigger this vulnerability via a specially crafted MP4 file. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code once a malformed MP4 file is being loaded on a vulnerable system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block the transferring of malformed Apple QuickTime MP4 files over HTTP.

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 / R71 / R70 / R65

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickTime Crafted Media File FlipFileTypeAtom_BtoN Integer Underflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Apple QuickTime crafted media file FlipFileTypeAtom_BtoN integer underflow

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