Update Protection against McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2007-062 | |
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| Source: | Secunia Advisory: SA24466 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2007-1498 | |
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VPN-1
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| Who is Vulnerable? McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5.0 (Patch 7 and prior) McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6.0 (Patch 5 and prior) McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.6.1 McAfee Protection Pilot 1.1.1 (Patch 3 and prior) McAfee Protection Pilot 1.5.0 | ||
| Vulnerability Description Multiple vulnerabilities exist in the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), and the Protection Pilot products. McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is a central management system to enforce and monitor system security. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML documents or open a malicious web page. Successful exploitation could result in remote code execution on the target system once the malicious page is loaded. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches: https://mysupport.mcafee.com/eservice_enu/start.swe |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerabilities are due to multiple boundary errors in the 'SiteManager.dll' ActiveX Control component. To trigger this flaw, an attacker can specially craft a malicious Web page that initiates the vulnerable ActiveX control with a malformed argument. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code on the vulnerable system. |
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 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager Buffer Overflow
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99871 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 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager Buffer Overflow
3. Install security policy on all modules.
How Do I Know if My Network is Under Attack?
Rule #99871 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 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager 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: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator SiteManager buffer overflow