Check Point Gaia Operating Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (sk104443)(GHOST)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104998

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Gaia OS which is affected by a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in glibc which could potentially allow an attacker execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.

Solution

Update to an unaffected version or apply vendor-supplied hotfix.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba5b918a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104998

File Name: check_point_gaia_sk104443.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: Firewalls

Published: 12/4/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:check_point:gaia_os

Required KB Items: Host/Check_Point/version, Host/Check_Point/installed_hotfixes

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Exim GHOST (glibc gethostbyname) Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0235

BID: 72325