Security Bulletin: Apache Commons as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service (CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2021-35517)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Apache Commons as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service. IBM has addressed the relevant CVEs.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-35515
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the construction of the list of codecs that decompress an entry. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205304 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2021-35516
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted 7Z archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' sevenz package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205306 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-2021-36090
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out-of-memory error when large amounts of memory are allocated. By reading a specially-crafted ZIP archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' zip package.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205310 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-2021-35517
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Compress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an out of memory error when allocating large amounts of memory. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition against services that use Compress' tar package.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205307 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM QRadar SIEM v7.3	All BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI versions before 7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.3-20220214173614
IBM QRadar SIEM v7.4	All BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI versions before 7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.4-20220217192850
IBM QRadar SIEM v7.5	All BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI versions before 7.5.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.5-20220217192923

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

See the Related Information section below for instructions on verifying your currently installed version.

Product	Versions	Fix
IBM QRadar SIEM	7.3	7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.3-20220214173614
IBM QRadar SIEM	7.4	7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.4-20220217192850
IBM QRadar SIEM	7.5	7.5.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.5-20220217192923

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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These files were released as part of the 21 March 2022 auto update bundle. Administrators can confirm the protocol version installed on the Console from the Auto Update interface on the Admin tab or using yum info Protocol-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI from the command-line interface to confirm the latest version is installed.

For example:


[root@examplehost]# yum info Protocol-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
Installed Packages
Name        : PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 7.5
Release     : 20220217192923
Size        : 1.2 M
Repo        : installed
From repo   : /PROTOCOL-BlueCoatWSSRESTAPI-7.5-20220217192923.noarch
Summary     : PROTOCOL @rpm.description@ Install
License     : Proprietary.
Description : This program installs a @rpm.description@ PROTOCOL plugin.

Change History

01 Jun 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Apache Commons as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to denial of service (CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2021-35517)