Security Bulletin: Spring Framework as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to improper input validation (CVE-2020-5421)

Summary

Spring Framework as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to improper input validation

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-5421
**DESCRIPTION:**VMware Tanzu Spring Framework could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper input validation. By using a specially-crafted jsessionid path parameter, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass RFD Protection.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/188530 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)

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