SB2022072718 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9801)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary files.

The weakness exists due to improper input validation flaw in the setSubject() method. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted value containing line break characters, inject SMTP headers and perform further attack.

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1294)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and obtain sensitive information.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-apache-commons-email-as-used-by-ibm-qradar-siem-is-vulnerable-to-information-disclosure-cve-2017-9801-cve-2018-1294/
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6607133