Check Point VPN-1 IP address denial of service

vpn1-ipaddress-dos (41260) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Check Point VPN-1 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of IP address collisions. If the SecuRemote back-connections are enabled, a remote access client and the encryption domain of a gateway for a site-to-site VPN tunnel connection share the same IP address. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an interruption of connectivity and re-route sensitive information to the client.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 5.8
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: None
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 4.3
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Denial of Service

Remedy:

Refer to Check Point Downloads Web site for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

References:

  • Check Point Downloads Web site: Products & Technologies.
  • PureSecurity Security Advisory, 17 March, 2008: Check Point VPN-1 SecuRemote DoS/Spoofing Attack for Site-Site.
  • BID-28299: Check Point VPN-1 IP Address Collision Denial of Service Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-1397: Check Point VPN-1 Power/UTM, with NGX R60 through R65 and NG AI R55 software, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (site-to-site VPN tunnel outage), and possibly intercept network traffic, by configuring the local RFC1918 IP address to be the same as one of this tunnel's endpoint RFC1918 IP addresses, and then using SecuRemote to connect to a network interface at the other endpoint.
  • SA29394: CheckPoint VPN-1 IP Address Collision Security Issue
  • SECTRACK ID: 1019666: Check Point VPN-1 SecuRemote Lets Remote Users Deny Service
  • US-CERT VU#992585: Check Point VPN-1 information disclosure vulnerability
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-0953: CheckPoint VPN-1 IP Address Collision Security Weakness

Platforms Affected:

  • CheckPoint VPN-1 Power NG with Application Intelligence R55
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 Power NGX R60
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 Power NGX R61
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 Power NGX R62
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 Power NGX R65
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 UTM NG with Application Intelligence R55
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 UTM NGX R60
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 UTM NGX R61
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 UTM NGX R62
  • CheckPoint VPN-1 UTM NGX R65

Reported:

Mar 17, 2008

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