Check Point Advisories

Drupal Core XML-RPC Endpoint xmlrpc.php Tags Denial of Service (CVE-2014-5266)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1839
Date Published:	22 Sep 2014
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Wednesday 30 March, 2016
Source:	Drupa SA-CORE-2014-004
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-5266
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Drupal Drupal 6.x prior to 6.33 Drupal Drupal 7.x prior to 7.31
Vulnerability Description	A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Drupal Core. The vulnerability can cause a very high CPU load and memory exhaustion. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service on the vulnerable system.

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 Drupal Core XML-RPC Endpoint xmlrpc.php Tags Denial of Service 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: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Drupal Core XML-RPC Endpoint xmlrpc.php Tags Denial of Service