Security Bulletin
Summary
Google Protocol Buffers as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-5237
DESCRIPTION: Google Protocol Buffers could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in MessageLite::SerializeToString. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/105989 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
7.3
All AmazonWebServices before 7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-AmazonWebServices-7.3-20210204141342
7.4
All AmazonWebServices before 7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-AmazonWebServices-7.4-20210301195620
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
08 Mar 2021: 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.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
08 March 2021
Initial Publish date:
08 March 2021
UID
ibm16427025