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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by an OpenSSL vulnerability (CVE-2021-3712)

Security Bulletin


Summary

OpenSSL is used within IBM QRadar Network Security. Openssl has a bug which might lead to a denial of service or the ability for an attacker to read system memory. QRadar Network Security has addressed the issue with a firmware update.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2021-3712
DESCRIPTION:   OpenSSL could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an out-of-bounds read when processing ASN.1 strings. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/208073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4.0

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.5.0

Remediation/Fixes

IBM strongly recommends customers update their systems promptly.

Product

VRMF

Remediation/First Fix

IBM QRadar Network Security

5.4.0

Install Firmware 5.4.0.15 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.4.0.15 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 5.5.0.10 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.5.0.10 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

28 Mar 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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Document Information

Modified date:
30 March 2022

Initial Publish date:
28 March 2022

UID

ibm16566043

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