Check Point Advisories

Symantec Antivirus Engine ASPack Remote Memory Corruption (CVE-2016-2208)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0562
Date Published:	4 Jul 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 24 July, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-2208
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Symantec Antivirus ASPack.
Vulnerability Description	A Memory Corruption vulnerability exist in the Symantec Antivirus Engine in ASPack early version. This vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of executables packed by ASPack early version.

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 Symantec Antivirus Engine ASPack Remote Memory Corruption 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: Symantec Antivirus Engine ASPack Remote Memory Corruption