Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 up to 4.1 Inter-Module Communication Mechanism memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN-1 up to 4.1. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Inter-Module Communication Mechanism. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2000-0809. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN-1 up to 4.1 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Inter-Module Communication Mechanism. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Getkey in the protocol checker in the inter-module communication mechanism in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

The weakness was disclosed 08/02/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at checkpoint.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0809. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5139) and OSVDB (4422†). The entries VDB-15954, VDB-15951, VDB-15950 and VDB-15948 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/02/2000 🔍
08/02/2000 +0 days 🔍
11/14/2000 +104 days 🔍
03/22/2004 +1224 days 🔍
06/27/2014 +3748 days 🔍
04/06/2019 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: checkpoint.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2000-0809 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0809
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15952
X-Force: 5139 - FireWall-1 Getkey procedure buffer overflow allows remote attackers to crash filter modules
OSVDB: 4422 - Check Point FireWall-1 Getkey Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2014 18:02
Updated: 04/06/2019 09:11
Changes: 06/27/2014 18:02 (56), 04/06/2019 09:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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