Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in MetadataExtractor used by Apache Solr affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Analysis (CVE-2019-14262)

Summary

The vulnerability in MetadataExtractor 2.1.0 allows stack consumption. This has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-14262
**DESCRIPTION:**MetadataExtractor is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165392 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to Log Analysis version 1.3.7 Fix Pack 1
Download the 1.3.7-TIV-IOALA-FP1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None