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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM Application Framework Base Image is vulnerable to using components with Known Vulnerabilities

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Summary

The product includes vulnerable components (e.g., framework libraries) that may be identified and exploited with automated tools. IBM QRadar SIEM has addressed the applicable CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2022-23218
DESCRIPTION:   GNU C Library (aka glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the svcunix_create function in the sunrpc module. By sending a specially-crafted path argument, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217302 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-23219
DESCRIPTION:   GNU C Library (aka glibc) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the clnt_create function in the sunrpc module. By sending a specially-crafted hostname argument, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217303 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-3999
DESCRIPTION:   GNU glibc is vulnerable to an off-by-one buffer overflow and underflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the getcwd() function. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217981 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-0261
DESCRIPTION:   Vim is vulnerable to a heap-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: 4.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217526 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-0359
DESCRIPTION:   Vim is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted session file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218214 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-0392
DESCRIPTION:   Vim is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system, modify memory, or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218430 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-0361
DESCRIPTION:   Vim is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By submitting a specially-crafted input, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218216 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-23308
DESCRIPTION:   libxml2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free in the ID and IDREF attributes. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220772 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-23177
DESCRIPTION:   libarchive could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an improper link resolution flaw. By using a specially-crafted archive file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to change the ACL of a file on the system and gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 6.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222216 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-31566
DESCRIPTION:   libarchive could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an improper link resolution flaw. By using a specially-crafted archive file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to change modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file on the system to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222218 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-45960
DESCRIPTION:   Expat (aka libexpat) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a realloc misbehavior issue in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216473 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-46143
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of m_groupSize in doProlog in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216875 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22822
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of addBinding in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216908 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22823
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of build_model in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216907 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22824
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of defineAttribute in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216906 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22825
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of lookup in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216905 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22826
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216904 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-22827
DESCRIPTION:   Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow of storeAtts in xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/216901 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)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-25235
DESCRIPTION:   libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation in xmltok_impl.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted content with malformed encoding, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219782 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-25236
DESCRIPTION:   libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper protection against insertion of namesep characters into namespace URIs in xmlparse.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/219784 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-25315
DESCRIPTION:   libexpat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in storeRawNames. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an 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/219945 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)
IBM QRadar SIEM7.3.0 - 7.3.3 Fix Pack 11
IBM QRadar SIEM7.4.0 - 7.4.3 Fix Pack 5
IBM QRadar SIEM7.5.0 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 1

 

 


Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Affected Product(s)VersionsFix
IBM QRadar SIEM7.37.3.3 Fix Pack 12
IBM QRadar SIEM7.47.4.3 Fix Pack 6
IBM QRadar SIEM7.57.5.0 Update Pack 2

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

18 Jul 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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 July 2022

UID

ibm16607135