Security Bulletin
Summary
The vulnerability in MetadataExtractor 2.1.0 allows stack consumption. This has been addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-14262
DESCRIPTION: MetadataExtractor is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/165392 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.1 |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.2 |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.3 |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.4 |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.5 |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.6 |
| Log Analysis | 1.3.7 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Principal Product and Version(s) : | Fix details |
| IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.x |
Upgrade to Log Analysis version 1.3.7 Fix Pack 1 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
04 Oct 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:
04 October 2021
Initial Publish date:
04 October 2021
UID
ibm16495355