VDB-12037 · sk92812 · OSVDB 102399

Check Point VSX Virtual System R75.40VS/R76 Virtual System Policy Installation cpstop/cpstart security check

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Check Point VSX Virtual System R75.40VS/R76. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file cpstop/cpstart of the component Virtual System Policy Installation. This manipulation causes security check. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Check Point VSX Virtual System R75.40VS/R76 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file cpstop/cpstart of the component Virtual System Policy Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a security check vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-358. The product does not implement or incorrectly implements one or more security-relevant checks as specified by the design of a standardized algorithm, protocol, or technique. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was disclosed 05/29/2013 as sk92812 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at supportcenter.checkpoint.com. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue. The advisory points out:

VSX Virtual System might be left without any policy, if installation of policy fails after running 'cpstop ; cpstart' commands: The following error will appear on the screen: Fetching Security Policy from localhost failed Output of 'vsx stat -v' command will show <No Policy> instead of 'defaultfilter' for the problematic Virtual System.

Applying the patch Hotfix sk92812 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at supportcenter.checkpoint.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (102399†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Security check
CWE: CWE-358
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Patch: Hotfix sk92812

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05/29/2013 🔍
05/29/2013 +0 days 🔍
01/24/2014 +240 days 🔍
03/29/2019 +1890 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: sk92812
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12037
OSVDB: 102399

Entryinfo

Created: 01/24/2014 09:04
Updated: 03/29/2019 10:48
Changes: 01/24/2014 09:04 (45), 03/29/2019 10:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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