Fortinet Discovers Denial Of Service In Cisco WebEx Player Atas32.dll Module

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a denial of service vulnerability in Cisco WebEx WRF Player Atas32.dll Module.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Cisco.WebEx.Player.atas32.DoS
Released Sep 27, 2009

Use the solution provided by Cisco.

Acknowledgement

Zhenhua Liu and XiaoPeng Zhang of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs

IPS Subscription

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.