Check Point Security Gateway R75/R76/R77/R77.10 UserCheck denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Security Gateway R75/R76/R77/R77.10. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component UserCheck. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2014-8951. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Check Point Security Gateway R75/R76/R77/R77.10 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component UserCheck. 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 weakness was published 11/18/2014 with Check Point as sk100505 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at supportcenter.checkpoint.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-8951 since 11/16/2014. 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 advisory points out:

A redirect to the UserCheck page can cause the fwk0 process to crash, which causes traffic outage until this process is restarted.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (98761), SecurityFocus (BID 67993†), Secunia (SA58487†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47255†). Similar entries are available at VDB-13577, VDB-13578, VDB-13579 and VDB-13580. 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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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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06/05/2014 🔍
06/11/2014 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: sk100505
Organization: Check Point
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8951 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8951
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68215
X-Force: 98761 - Check Point Security Gateway UserCheck denial of service, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67993 - Check Point Security Gateway Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 58487 - Check Point Security Gateways Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 47255 - Check Point Security Gateway Remote DoS via a Redirect to the UserCheck Page, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/19/2014 10:27
Updated: 02/24/2022 22:22
Changes: 11/19/2014 10:27 (67), 06/13/2017 08:29 (2), 02/24/2022 22:22 (3)
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