Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 4.1 Control Connection format string

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN-1 4.1. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Control Connection Handler. Such manipulation leads to format string. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2001-1176. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN-1 4.1 (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Control Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 4.1 allows a remote authenticated firewall administrator to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the control connection.

The weakness was presented 07/11/2001 by K. van der Raad as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-1176. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch SP4 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6849), SecurityFocus (BID 3021†), OSVDB (1901†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4956†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Format string
CWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: SP4

Timelineinfo

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02/21/2003 +589 days 🔍
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07/07/2014 +3624 days 🔍
05/24/2019 +1782 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: K. van der Raad
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2001-1176 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16988
X-Force: 6849 - Check Point FireWall-1/VPN-1 management station format string attack
SecurityFocus: 3021 - Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 Management Station Format String Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1901 - Check Point FireWall-1/VPN-1 Management Station Escalation
Vulnerability Center: 4956 - Check Point Firewall-1/VPN-1 4.1 Code Execution by Remote Authenticated Administrators, High

Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 13:09
Updated: 05/24/2019 07:16
Changes: 07/07/2014 13:09 (66), 05/24/2019 07:16 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:7EF:103

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