IBM Support

Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is affected by a GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability (CVE-2014-5119)

Created by Sean Peppard on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/520239
520239

Security Bulletin


Summary

A security vulnerability have been discovered in GNU C Library (glibc) component bundled with IBM QRadar SIEM.

Vulnerability Details


CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5119

DESCRIPTION: The GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find() function. By setting the CHARSET environment variable to a malicious value, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.

CVSS Base Score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95044 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score:*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.3 Patch 4 and below.
  • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2 Patch 8 and below.
  • IBM QRadar Vulnerability Manager 7.2.3 Patch 4 and below.
  • IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.2.3 Patch 4 and below.
  • IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.1 MR2 Patch 8 and below.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix for each named product as soon as practical. Please see below for information about the fixes available.

ProductRemediation/First Fix
  • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.3
  • IBM QRadar Vulnerability Manager 7.2.3
  • IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.2.3
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.4 Patch 1
  • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2
  • IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.1 MR2
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2 Patch 9

Workarounds and Mitigations

None


Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this.

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this.

References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Off

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSBQAC","label":"IBM Security QRadar SIEM"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"Not Applicable","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"7.1;7.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB24","label":"Security Software"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSBQQU","label":"IBM Security QRadar Risk Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"7.1;7.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB24","label":"Security Software"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSHLPS","label":"IBM Security QRadar Vulnerability Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"7.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB24","label":"Security Software"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
23 February 2022

UID

swg21691212

Page Feedback