Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar Incident Forensics

Published: 2022-09-08

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-27807 CVE-2021-27906
CWE-ID	CWE-835 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	IBM QRadar Incident Forensics Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU51606

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-2021-27807

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM QRadar Incident Forensics: before 7.4.3.1

External links

http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-apache-pdfbox-as-used-by-ibm-qradar-incident-forensics-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-cve-2021-27807-cve-2021-27906/
http://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6474845

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) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU51605