Check Point VPN-1/Firewall-1 ASN.1 Decoder heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Check Point VPN-1 and Firewall-1 (Firewall Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component ASN.1 Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in ASN.1 decoding library in Check Point VPN-1 products, when Aggressive Mode IKE is implemented, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by initiating an IKE negotiation and then sending an IKE packet with malformed ASN.1 data.

The bug was discovered 07/28/2004. The weakness was disclosed 07/28/2004 by Mark Dowd and Neel Mehta (ERNE) with ISS X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared for download at checkpoint.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0699 since 07/15/2004. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12084 (Check Point FireWall-1 4.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, FS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Firewalls and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at checkpoint.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 15979.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16824) and Tenable (12084). Additional details are provided at checkpoint.com. The entry 505 is pretty similar.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 12084
Nessus Name: Check Point FireWall-1 4.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, FS)
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Patch: checkpoint.com

Snort ID: 15979

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Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: checkpoint.com
Researcher: Mark Dowd, Neel Mehta (ERNE)
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0699 (🔍)
X-Force: 16824 - Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 ASN1 decoding buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1010799
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 10820 - Check Point VPN-1 ASN.1 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 12177 - Check Point VPN-1 ASN.1 Decoding Heap Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 8290 - Check Point VPN-1 ASN.1 Decoding Heap Overflow

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Created: 07/29/2004 17:18
Updated: 06/28/2019 22:33
Changes: 07/29/2004 17:18 (88), 06/28/2019 22:33 (3)
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