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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by procps-ng procps vulnerabilities

Created by Rick Wu on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/713815
713815

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM QRadar Network Security has addressed the following vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-1126
DESCRIPTION: procps-ng procps is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143456 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2018-1124
DESCRIPTION: procps-ng procps could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the file2strvec function in libprocps. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/143454 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

Remediation/First Fix

IBM QRadar Network Security

5.4.0

Install Firmware 5.4.0.5 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.

Or

Download Firmware 5.4.0.5 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

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Change History

25 July 2018: 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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Internal Use Only

Advisory ID: 12231

Product Record ID: 116362

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 July 2018

UID

ibm10713815