Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Media Player ASX Playlist Parsing Buffer Overflow - ver 2 (CVE-2006-6134)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0046
Date Published:	8 Jan 2015
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 15 January, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2006-6134
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Microsoft Windows Media Player 10
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows Media Player. The vulnerability is due to a buffer overflow error when processing malformed ASX file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected 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 Microsoft Windows Media Player ASX Playlist Parsing Buffer Overflow - ver 2 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: Media Player Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Media Player ASX Playlist Parsing Buffer Overflow - ver 2