Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM 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-2019-19126
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU C Library could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by failing to ignore the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable during program execution. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass ASLR for a setuid program.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172003 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-10754
**DESCRIPTION:**NetworkManager could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper configuration in the nmcli. By connecting to a network, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication.
CVSS Base score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/184636 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2019-19956
**DESCRIPTION:**libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in xmlParseBalancedChunkMemoryRecover in parser.c. 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/173518 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-2019-20388
**DESCRIPTION:**GNOME libxml2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a xmlSchemaValidateStream memory leak in xmlSchemaPreRun in xmlschemas.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175539 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-7595
**DESCRIPTION:**The Gnome Project Libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in xmlStringLenDecodeEntities in parser.c. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175333 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-5482
**DESCRIPTION:**cURL libcurl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the tftp_receive_packet function. By sending specially-crafted request containing an OACK without the BLKSIZE option, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166942 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2018-20843
**DESCRIPTION:**libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the XML parser. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163073 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-2019-15903
**DESCRIPTION:**libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a heap-based buffer over-read in XML_GetCurrentLineNumber. By using a specially-crafted XML input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/166560 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2019-20386
**DESCRIPTION:**systemd is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in the button_open function in login/logind-button.c. By executing the udevadm trigger command, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175507 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-2019-16935
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the python/Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the server_title field to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed 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/168612 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-2020-8492
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175462 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2019-17498
**DESCRIPTION:**libssh2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-bounds read when connecting to a malicious SSH server that sends a disconnect message. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169461 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2019-2974
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in product related to the Server Oracle MySQL component could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/169280 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-2574
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL related to the Client C API component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174523 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-2020-2752
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL related to the Client C API component could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179652 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-2780
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL related to the Server Server: DML component could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179680 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2020-2812
**DESCRIPTION:**An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL related to the Server Server: Stored Procedure component could allow an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a high availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
CVSS Base score: 4.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179710 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-14907
**DESCRIPTION:**Samba is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error after a failed character conversion at log level 3 or above. By sending a specially crafted string during the NTLMSSP authentication exchange, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a long-lived process to terminate.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/174912 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-14866
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU cpio could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the failure to properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject any tar content and compromise the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/171509 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.2 GA to 7.4.2 Patch 1

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.0 to 7.4.1 Patch 1

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 5

Remediation/Fixes

QRadar / QRM / QVM 7.4.2 Patch 2

QRadar / QRM / QVM 7.4.1 Patch 2

QRadar / QRM / QVM 7.3.3 Patch 7

QRadar incident forensics please use the SFS below

QRadar Incident Forensics / QNI 7.4.2 Patch 2

QRadar Incident Forensics / QNI 7.4.1 Patch 2

QRadar Incident Forensics / QNI 7.3.3 Patch 7

Workarounds and Mitigations

None