Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2014-2202 |
Date Published: | 16 Nov 2014 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Thursday 16 November, 2017 |
Source: | NetBSD |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2014-8517 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | NetBSD Foundation tnftp prior to tnftp-20141031 |
Vulnerability Description | A command execution vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD tnftp. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the ftp output file name when using an HTTP URI to fetch files. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a malicious URI that sends HTTP redirects to ftp file requests. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary command execution under the security context of the current user. |
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.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: FTP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: NetBSD tnftp fetch.c fetch_url Command Execution