Security Bulletin
Summary
QRadar uses raw string concatenation to build paths from user input and as such is vulnerable to path traversal attacks where an attacker arbitrarily alters the path.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1723
DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system. An attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) to view arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134812 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
QRadar / QRIF / QNI 7.3.0 to 7.3.0 Patch 7
QRadar / QRIF / QNI 7.2.0 to 7.2.8 Patch 11
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Henri Salo
Change History
24 April 2018: First Publish
*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 Information
Modified date:
16 June 2018
UID
swg22015804