Check Point Firewall-1 4.0/4.1/R55 IKE information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Check Point Firewall-1 4.0/4.1/R55. It has been rated as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component IKE Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2679. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Check Point Firewall-1 4.0/4.1/R55 (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component IKE Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Check Point Firewall-1 4.1 up to NG AI R55 allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by sending an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) with a certain Vendor ID payload that causes Firewall-1 to return a response containing version and other information.

The bug was discovered 06/16/2004. The weakness was released 06/16/2004 by Roy Hills with NTA-Monitor as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2679 since 02/26/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at checkpoint.com.Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16434), SecurityFocus (BID 10558†) and OSVDB (45257†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: checkpoint.com

Timelineinfo

06/16/2004 🔍
06/16/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/16/2004 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2004 +6 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +192 days 🔍
02/26/2007 +787 days 🔍
05/16/2008 +445 days 🔍
06/28/2019 +4059 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: checkpoint.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Roy Hills
Organization: NTA-Monitor
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-721
X-Force: 16434 - Check Point FireWall-1 Vendor ID payload allows information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 10558 - Check Point Firewall-1 Internet Key Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 45257 - Check Point Firewall Crafted Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Remote Information Disclosure
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2004 16:18
Updated: 06/28/2019 18:12
Changes: 06/22/2004 16:18 (72), 06/28/2019 18:12 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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