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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by Network Security Services (NSS) vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-11729, CVE-2019-11745)

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Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6118311
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Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by Network Security Services (NSS) vulnerabilities - 2 issues for nss, nss-softokn, nss-util

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-11729
DESCRIPTION:   Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improperly validation of empty or malformed p256-ECDH public keys before being copied into memory and used. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the browser to crash.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/163507 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-2019-11745
DESCRIPTION:   Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS), as used in Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an out-of-bounds write when encrypting with a block cipher. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to corrupt the heap and execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/172458 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4.0

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.5.0


Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

Remediation/First Fix

IBM QRadar Network Security

5.4.0

Install Firmware 5.4.0.10 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.4.0.10 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

IBM QRadar Network Security

5.5.0

Install Firmware 5.5.0.5 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.5.0.5 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

Mar. 27, 2020: Original Version Published

*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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 March 2020

UID

ibm16118311

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