Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture is vulnerable to Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

Summary

The product includes vulnerable components (e.g., framework libraries) that may be identified and exploited with automated tools.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-11868
**DESCRIPTION:**NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in ntpd. By sending a server mode packet with a spoofed source IP address, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to block unauthenticated synchronization resulting in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/180011 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-13817
**DESCRIPTION:**NTP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an issue when relying on unauthenticated IPv4 time sources in ntpd. By predicting transmit timestamps for use in spoofed packets, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the daemon to crash or system time change.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183494 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-12049
**DESCRIPTION:**D-Bus is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in _dbus_read_socket_with_unix_fds. By sending specially crafted messages, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system dbus-daemon (dbus-daemon --system) to leak file descriptors.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182955 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-2020-8177
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL could allow a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, caused by the improper handling of certain parameters when using -J (–remote-header-name) and -I (–include) in the same command line. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite a local file.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/183931 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2019-19527
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free condition in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c. By connecting a specially-crafted USB device, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic.
CVSS Base score: 4.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172524 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-10757
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when mremap a mmaped DAX nvdimm to a mmaped anonymous memory region. By executing a specially-crafted program, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause corrupted page table resulting in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182919 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-12653
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow in the mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181449 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-12654
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181450 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-10713
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system. By injecting a malicious payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass Secure Boot protections and execute arbitrary code within GRUB. Note: This vulnerability is also known as BootHole.
CVSS Base score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186056 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14308
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the grub_malloc function. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186057 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14309
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in grub_squash_read_symlink. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186058 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14310
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in read_section_from_string. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186059 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14311
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in grub_ext2_read_link. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186060 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15705
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 could allow a local authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of kernel signature when booted directly without shim. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass secure boot to perform arbitrary actions.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186061 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15706
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 could allow a local authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free in the grub_script_function_create function when redefining a function during execution. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186062 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-15707
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU GRUB2 is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in grub_cmd_initrd and grub_initrd_init. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/186063 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.3.0 - 7.3.3 Patch 3

IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.4.0 - 7.4.1 GA

Remediation/Fixes

IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.3.3 Patch 4

IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.4.1 Patch 1

Workarounds and Mitigations

None