Check Point Advisories

Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (APSB13-21: CVE-2013-5324)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-3563
Date Published: 17 Nov 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 26 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-5324
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75, R71, R70

Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Flash Player. The vulnerability is due to an error in Adobe Flash Player while parsing a specially crafted SWF file. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted SWF file.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to transfer malformed SWF 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

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (APSB13-21: CVE-2013-5324) 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:  Adobe Flash Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Adobe Flash Player Memory Corruption (APSB13-21: CVE-2013-5324)

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