Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar DNS Analyzer App

Published: 2024-08-28

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-40897 CVE-2022-1941
CWE-ID	CWE-185 CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM QRadar DNS Analyzer App Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU71379

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-2022-40897

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM QRadar DNS Analyzer App: before 2.0.3

External links

http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7166213

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) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU71261