Check Point Advisories

Kaspersky Antivirus Library Heap Buffer Overflow (CVE-2005-3142)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2005-306
Date Published:	2 Dec 2009
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2005-3142
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	The Kaspersky Anti-Virus (AV) scanner products include client, gateway and server AV product lines. The AV scanners share numerous file handling libraries that allow them to process files in the context of their types. An example of the added functionality that such a system provides is archive content scanning. The Kaspersky AV scanners are capable of scanning inside archives of numerous types, such as ARJ, ZIP and cabinet files (CAB). There exists a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Kaspersky Antivirus library. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient boundary checks of user supplied data when processing CAB format archives. This issue can be remotely exploited to execute arbitrary code on the target system. A simple buffer overflow attack will terminate the antivirus service, creating a denial-of-service of the antivirus protection on the target system. In a case of a successful code injection attack, arbitrary code may be injected and executed on the target system. The behaviour of the target system is dependent on the intent of the malicious code.

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 Kaspersky Antivirus Library Heap 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: Security Products Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Kaspersky Antivirus library heap buffer overflow