Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU63904

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30973

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "StandardsText" class in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Error Handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU63299

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25762

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling WebSocket connections. If a web application sends a WebSocket message concurrently with the WebSocket connection closing, it is possible that the application will continue to use the socket after it has been closed. As a result, subsequent connections can use the same object concurrently and share data and/or other errors.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU64513

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33036

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper permission assignment, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU61245

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0492

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic error within the cgroup_release_agent_write() function in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c. A local user can use the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.

5) Data Handling

EUVDB-ID: #VU63225

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29885

CWE-ID: CWE-19 - Data Handling

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in documentation for the EncryptInterceptor, which incorrectly stated that it enabled Tomcat clustering to run over an untrusted network. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack against the exposed EncryptInterceptor.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

6) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU62314

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-22968

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to patterns for disallowedFields on a DataBinder are case sensitive, which means a field is not effectively protected unless it is listed with both upper and lower case for the first character of the field, including upper and lower case for the first character of all nested fields within the property path. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions by passing case sensitive data to the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

7) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU64724

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-33879

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation in the StandardsExtractingContentHandler. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fixes for #VU63404 (CVE-2022-30126) and #VU63904 (CVE-2022-30973).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU63405

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25169

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in BPG parser. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU63126

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1552

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrectly imposed security restrictions in Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck. A remote authenticated user with permission to create non-temp objects can execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity and escalate privileges within the application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU61671

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-25032

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when compressing data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU64070

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1966

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the Linux kernel's Netfilter subsystem in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. A local user can trigger use-after-free error to escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

12) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU64156

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1729

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within sys_perf_event_open() in Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

13) Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy

EUVDB-ID: #VU55035

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15522

CWE-ID: CWE-208 - Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a timing issue within the EC math library. A remote attacker who can observe timing information for the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures is able to reconstruct the private key used for encryption.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

14) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU65830

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2048

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when handling invalid HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

15) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU65831

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2047

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing invalid URIs such as http://localhost;/path. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and bypass implemented security restrictions, as the Jetty's HttpClient, and Jetty's ProxyServlet / AsyncProxyServlet / AsyncMiddleManServlet will wrongly interpret an authority of such URI as the one with a hostname.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

16) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU68739

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37404

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when opening a file path within the libhdfs native code. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

17) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU62002

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1271

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines. A remote attacker can force zgrep or xzgrep to write arbitrary files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise the affected system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

18) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU63404

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-30126

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation in the StandardsText class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Qradar SIEM: 7.4 - 7.5.0 Update Pack 2

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-using-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-14/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6831855

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

Risk	High
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	18
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-30973 CVE-2022-25762 CVE-2021-33036 CVE-2022-0492 CVE-2022-29885 CVE-2022-22968 CVE-2022-33879 CVE-2022-25169 CVE-2022-1552 CVE-2018-25032 CVE-2022-1966 CVE-2022-1729 CVE-2020-15522 CVE-2022-2048 CVE-2022-2047 CVE-2021-37404 CVE-2022-1271 CVE-2022-30126
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-388 CWE-264 CWE-19 CWE-254 CWE-185 CWE-400 CWE-119 CWE-416 CWE-362 CWE-208 CWE-399 CWE-122
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #4 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #5 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #6 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #11 is available.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM Qradar SIEM Client/Desktop applications / Other client software
Vendor	IBM Corporation