Check Point Firewall-1 up to R55w IKEv1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/R54/R55/R55p/R55w. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IKEv1 Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-3673. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Check Point Firewall-1 3.0/R54/R55/R55p/R55w (Firewall Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component IKEv1 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKEv1) implementation in Check Point products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain crafted IKE packets, as demonstrated by the PROTOS ISAKMP Test Suite for IKEv1. NOTE: due to the lack of details in the advisory, it is unclear which of CVE-2005-3666, CVE-2005-3667, and/or CVE-2005-3668 this issue applies to.

The weakness was presented 11/14/2005 by Cisco with Oulu University Secure Programming Group (OUSPG) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secureknowledge.us.checkpoint.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3673 since 11/18/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at checkpoint.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23033), SecurityFocus (BID 15479†), OSVDB (60999†), Secunia (SA17621†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015235†). Additional details are provided at ficora.fi. See VDB-1912, VDB-1900, VDB-1898 and VDB-1896 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: checkpoint.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: secureknowledge.us.checkpoint.com
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group (OUSPG)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-3673 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1903
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X-Force: 23033
SecurityFocus: 15479 - Check Point Firewall-1 and VPN-1 ISAKMP IKE Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17621 - Check Point Firewall/VPN ISAKMP IKE Message Processing Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 60999 - Check Point FW-1 ISAKMP Protocol Unspecified Malformed Input Remote DoS (PROTOS)
SecurityTracker: 1015235
Vulnerability Center: 14610 - Check Point Multiple Products DoS via Crafted IKE Packets, High
Vupen: ADV-2005-2470

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/16/2005 12:02
Updated: 07/21/2024 12:09
Changes: 11/16/2005 12:02 (80), 07/05/2019 13:01 (4), 07/21/2024 12:09 (17)
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