Vigil@nce - Check Point Security Gateway: denial of service via HTTPS
December 2014 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send a malicious HTTPS packet to Check Point
Security Gateway, in order to trigger a denial of service.
– Impacted products: GAiA, CheckPoint IP Appliance, IPSO,
SecurePlatform, CheckPoint Security Appliance, CheckPoint Security
Gateway
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 17/11/2014
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The URL Filtering or Identity Awareness feature can be enabled on
the Check Point Security Gateway product.
However, when a malicious HTTPS packet is received, a fatal error
occurs.
An attacker can therefore send a malicious HTTPS packet to Check
Point Security Gateway, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Check-Point-Security-Gateway-denial-of-service-via-HTTPS-15655