Update Protection against Multiple Symantec SupportSoft ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2007-061 | |
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| Source: | Secunia Advisory: SA24251 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2006-6490 | |
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VPN-1
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| Who is Vulnerable? SupportSoft ActiveX Controls versions 5.x SupportSoft ActiveX Controls versions 6.x | ||
| Vulnerability Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Symantec SupportSoft ActiveX controls. SupportSoft provides third party ActiveX controls used for remote assistance and other technical support functions. By convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML documents or open a malicious web page, a remote attacker could cause the browser to crash allowing execution of arbitrary commands. |
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Update/Patch Available Install updates: SupportSoft |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerabilities are due to multiple buffer overflow errors in Symantec SupportSoft ActiveX controls. SupportSoft fails to properly handle malformed arguments passed to certain methods. To trigger this flaw, an attacker can specially craft a malicious Web page that initiates a vulnerable ActiveX control with a malformed argument. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded. |
Protection Overview
By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block the malformed ActiveX Controls. Depending on the traffic mix, activating this protection may result in performance degradation.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your VPN-1/InterSpect product to the latest SmartDefense update. For information on how to update SmartDefense, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
To configure the defense, select your product from the list below and follow the related protection steps.
Additional Information
The Update released on May 13, 2007 includes the following protections:
Apple Mac OS X GIF Image Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-059)
Mercury Mail Transport System Data Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-060)
Multiple Symantec SupportSoft ActiveX Control Vulnerabilities (CPAI-2007-061)
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPAI-2007-062)
Sun Java GIF Image Vulnerability (CPAI-2007-063)
VPN-1 NGX R65 & R62
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tab, click Web Intelligence > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities > Block Symantec SupportSoft Buffer Overflow.
2. In the configuration pane, under Settings > Mode, check Active.
3. Install policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Symantec SupportSoft buffer overflow
VPN-1 NGX R61, R60, VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55W
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
Block Symantec SupportSoft Buffer Overflow
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Symantec SupportSoft buffer overflow
VPN-1 NG with Application Intelligence R55
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
Block Symantec SupportSoft Buffer Overflow
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99870 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.
VPN-1 VSX NGX
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
Block Symantec SupportSoft Buffer Overflow
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99870 will appear on the SmartView Tracker.
InterSpect NGX
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the left pane, select Profiles > Default Protection and select the Web Intelligence page of the profile.
2. In the Web Intelligence tree, click HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
3. Select the following pattern:
Block Symantec SupportSoft Buffer Overflow
4. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Symantec SupportSoft buffer overflow
InterSpect 2.0
How Can I Protect My Network?
1. In the SmartDefense tree, click Application Intelligence > Web > HTTP Client Protections > Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities.
2. Select the following pattern:
Block Symantec SupportSoft Buffer Overflow
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Symantec SupportSoft buffer overflow