Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache PDFBox affect Apache Solr shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2019-0228)

Summary Apache Solr susceptible to XXE vulnerability in Apache PDFBox. This has been fixed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2019-0228 DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML External Entity XXE by the XML parser...

Security Bulletin: Apache Solr, shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Xerces2

Summary There are vulnerabilities in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser that affect Apache Solr. The details are available in the Vulnerability Details section. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2013-4002 DESCRIPTION: A denial of service vulnerability in the Apache Xerces-J parser used by IBM Java could...

Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in Apache Solr affects IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Analysis (CVE-2018-10237)

Summary A vulnerability on unbounded memory allocation was addressed by IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-10237 DESCRIPTION: Google Guava is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper eager allocation checks in the AtomicDoubleArray and...

Security Bulletin: dom4j Vulnerability in Apache Solr shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Analysis (CVE-2018-1000632)

Summary There is an XML Injection vulnerability in dom4j that affects Apache Solr. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1000632 DESCRIPTION: dom4j could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by improper input validation in multiple methods. By sending a...

Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tika affects Apache Solr shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Summary There are different types of vulnerabilities in various versions of Apache Tika that affect Apache Solr. The vulnerabilities are in Vulnerability Details section. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-11761 DESCRIPTION: Apache Tika is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failu...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability with Apache Tika in Apache Solr affects IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Analysis (CVE-2018-8017)

Summary There is a potential vulnerability in Apache Tika that affects Apache Solr Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-8017 DESCRIPTION: Apache Tika is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the IptcAnpaParser. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache PDFBox affect Apache Solr shipped IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Analysis (CVE-2018-11797)

Summary There is a potential Input Validation vulnerability in Apache PDFBox that affects Apache Solr. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-11797 DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when parsing the page tree. By persuading a victim to open a...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Apache PDFBox affects Apache Solr shipped with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2018-8036)

Summary There is a potential Resource Exhaustion vulnerability in Apache PDFBox that affects Apache Solr. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-8036 DESCRIPTION: Apache PDFBox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory exception in AFMParser. By persuading a victim to open a...

A playbook for modernizing security operations

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest post from our new Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Dave Kennedy, Founder and...

A playbook for modernizing security operations

The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyber threats. In the latest post from our new Voice of the Community blog series, Microsoft Product Marketing Manager Natalia Godyla talks with Dave Kennedy, Founder and...

Sigma Rules to Live Your Best SOC Life

Security Operations is a 24 x 7 job. It does not stop for weekends or holidays or even that much-needed coffee break after the first hour of the shift is complete. We all know this. Every SOC engineer is hoping for some rest at some point. One of my favorite jokes when talking about Security...

Hijackthis - A Free Utility That Finds Malware, Adware And Other Security Threats

HiJackThis Fork is a free utility for Microsoft Windows that scans your computer for settings changed by adware, spyware, malware and other unwanted programs. HiJackThis Fork primarily detects hijacking methods rather than comparing items against a pre-built database. This allows it to detect new...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability related to unauthenticated uploads in Apache Solr affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2020-13957)

Summary Unauthenticated configset uploads vulnerability in Apache Solr affects IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis have been addressed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-13957 DESCRIPTION: Apache Solr could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper access...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in WebSphere Application Server Liberty affect IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CVE-2020-4590)

Summary WebSphere Application Server Liberty is vulnerable to a denial of service. This has been addressed. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2020-4590 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 20.0.0.9 running oauth-2.0 or openidConnectServer-1.0 server features is...

A "DFUR-ent" Perspective on Threat Modeling and Application Log Forensic Analysis

Many organizations operating in e-commerce, hospitality, healthcare, managed services, and other service industries rely on web applications. And buried within the application logs may be the potential discovery of fraudulent use and/or compromise! But, let's face it, finding evil in application...

Security Bulletin: Query Parameter in SSL vulnerability in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Summary When session timeout occurs, Log Analysis UI asks to re-enter the password. Requests sent over SSL contain the query parameter name, value or combination of values like username and password. Vulnerability Details Third Party Entry: PSIRT-ADV0022529 DESCRIPTION: Created from Advisory:...

Security Bulletin: Host Header Injection vulnerability in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (pre-login scenario)

Summary HTTP Host header value is use to generate links, import scripts and generate password resets. The value can be controlled by attacker and be exploited using web-cache poisoning and alternative channels. In Log Analysis, host header injection can be exploited to run scripts in the context ...

Security Bulletin: Cross site Scripting (Reflected) vulnerability in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Summary Input fields accept some HTML special tags as part of input which can be used subsequently to send/include malicious request by external user to steal sensitive information from the applicaiton. Vulnerability Details Third Party Entry: PSIRT-ADV0022528 DESCRIPTION: Created from Advisory:...

Security Bulletin: Insecure Path Attribute in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis (CSRFToken , LtpaToken2)

Summary The 'path' attribute signifies the URL or path for which the cookie is valid. If the path attribute is set to the web server root "/"directory, then the application along with the hosting web server becomes vulnerable to multiple attacks. The path is set to "/" -...

Security Bulletin: Content Spoofing vulnerability in IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

Summary Content spoofing is an attack where an attacker place his/her text content in a legitimate page and misguide the legitimate application users. Vulnerability Details Third Party Entry: PSIRT-ADV0022524 DESCRIPTION: Created from Advisory: ADV0022524 CVSS Base score: 4.3 CVSS Vector:...