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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2004.0097 -- US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-036A
HTTP Parsing Vulnerabilities in Check Point Firewall-1
06 February 2004
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Check Point Firewall-1 NG FCS
Check Point Firewall-1 NG FP1
Check Point Firewall-1 NG FP2
Check Point Firewall-1 NG FP3, HF2
Check Point Firewall-1 NG with Application
Intelligence R54
Check Point Firewall-1 NG with Application
Intelligence R55
Publisher: US-CERT
Operating System: Nokia IPSO
Linux
SecurePlatform
Solaris
Windows
Impact: Administrator/Root Compromise
Access Required: Remote
CVE Names: CAN-2004-0039
Ref: ESB-2004.0094
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HTTP Parsing Vulnerabilities in Check Point Firewall-1
Original release date: February 05, 2004
Last revised: --
Source: US-CERT
A complete revision history can be found at the end of this file.
Systems Affected
* Check Point Firewall-1 NG FCS
* Check Point Firewall-1 NG FP1
* Check Point Firewall-1 NG FP2
* Check Point Firewall-1 NG FP3, HF2
* Check Point Firewall-1 NG with Application Intelligence R54
* Check Point Firewall-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55
Overview
Several versions of Check Point Firewall-1 contain a vulnerability that
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with administrative
privileges. This allows the attacker to take control of the firewall,
and in some cases, to also control the server it runs on.
I. Description
The Application Intelligence (AI) component of Check Point Firewall-1
is an application proxy that scans traffic for application layer
attacks once it has passed through the firewall at the network level.
Earlier versions of Firewall-1 include the HTTP Security Server, which
provides similar functionality.
Both the AI and HTTP Security Server features contain an HTTP parsing
vulnerability that is triggered by sending an invalid HTTP request
through the firewall. When Firewall-1 generates an error message in
response to the invalid request, a portion of the input supplied by the
attacker is included in the format string for a call to sprintf().
Researchers at Internet Security Systems have determined that it is
possible to exploit this format string vulnerability to execute
commands on the firewall. The researchers have also determined that
this vulnerability can be exploited as a heap overflow, which would
allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. In either case, the
commands or code executed by the attacker would run with administrative
privileges, typically "SYSTEM" or "root". For more information, please
see the ISS advisory at:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/162
The CERT/CC is tracking this issue as VU#790771. This reference number
corresponds to CVE candidate CAN-2004-0039.
II. Impact
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
affected firewalls with administrative privileges, typically "SYSTEM"
or "root". Failed attempts to exploit this vulnerability may cause the
firewall to crash.
III. Solution
Apply the patch from Check Point
Check Point has published a "Firewall-1 HTTP Security Server Update"
that modifies the error return strings used when an invalid HTTP
request is detected. For more information, please see the Check Point
bulletin at:
http://www.checkpoint.com/techsupport/alerts/security_server.html
This update prevents attackers from using several known error strings
to exploit this vulnerability. It is unclear at this time whether there
are other attack vectors that may still allow exploitation of the
underlying software defect.
Disable the affected components
Check Point has reported that their products are only affected by this
vulnerability if the HTTP Security Servers feature is enabled.
Therefore, affected sites may be able to limit their exposure to this
vulnerability by disabling HTTP Security Servers or the Application
Intelligence component, as appropriate.
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This vulnerability was discovered and researched by Mark Dowd of ISS
X-Force.
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This document was written by Jeffrey P. Lanza.
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This document is available from:
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-036A.html
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Copyright 2004 Carnegie Mellon University.
Revision History
Feb 05, 2004: Initial release
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