SB2022081825 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar Advisor
Published: August 18, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36242)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow when processing certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33503)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in urllib3 when processing URL with multiple "@" characters in the authority component. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28493)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect subpattern applied to untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a regular expression DoS (ReDOS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-advisor-with-watson-uses-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-cve-2020-36242-cve-2021-33503-cve-2020-28493/"
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-qradar-advisor-with-watson-uses-components-with-known-vulnerabilities-cve-2020-36242-cve-2021-33503-cve-2020-28493/</a><br><a
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