Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Summary

IBM QRadar Network Security has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-13734
**DESCRIPTION:**Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write in SQLite. By persuading a victim to visit a specially crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172917 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-5208
**DESCRIPTION:**ipmitool is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by multiple functions. By sending a specially crafted data, a remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175960 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2015-8035
**DESCRIPTION:**libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly detect compression errors by the xz_decomp function. By using specially-crafted XML data, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the process to hang.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107845 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2016-5131
**DESCRIPTION:**Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in libxml. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/115396 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2017-15412
**DESCRIPTION:**Google Chrome could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in libXML. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/136046 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2017-18258
**DESCRIPTION:**libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the xz_head function in xzlib.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/141432 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2018-14404
**DESCRIPTION:**libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the xpath.c:xmlXPathCompOpEval() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147260 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2018-14567
**DESCRIPTION:**libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in xzlib.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/148541 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2016-10245
**DESCRIPTION:**Doxygen is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the templates/html/search_opensearch.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim’s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim’s cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163624 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2015-2716
**DESCRIPTION:**Expat, as used in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the XML parser. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted XML file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 6.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103214 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID:CVE-2019-13232
**DESCRIPTION:**Info-ZIP UnZip is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by mishandling the overlapping of files inside a ZIP container. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause resource consumption.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166873 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4.0

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

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VRMF

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Remediation/First Fix

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IBM QRadar Network Security

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5.4.0

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Install Firmware 5.4.0.11 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.4.0.11 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

IBM QRadar Network Security

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5.5.0

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Install Firmware 5.5.0.6 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.5.0.6 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None