Security Bulletin: The Application framework within IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-2017-1622)

Summary

The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.This weakness might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1622
**Description:**IBM QRadar does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This weakness might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
**CVSS Base Score:**3.70
CVSS Temporal Score: See <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/133120&gt; for the current score
**CVSS Environmental Score:***Undefined
**CVSS Vector:**CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.0 to 7.2.8 Patch 13

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 Patch 6

Remediation/Fixes

QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.2.8 Patch 14

QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.1 Patch 7

Workarounds and Mitigations

None