SB2022102716 - IBM QRadar SIEM update for Apache Log4j 



SB2022102716 - IBM QRadar SIEM update for Apache Log4j

Published: October 27, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022102716
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17571)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the SocketServer class in Log4j. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system,  if these is a deserialization gadget listening to untrusted network traffic for log data.

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


2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-44832)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user with permission to modify the logging configuration file can construct a malicious configuration using a JDBC Appender with a data source referencing a JNDI URI which can execute remote code.


3) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4104)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in JMSAppender, when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration. The attacker can provide TopicBindingName and TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName configurations causing JMSAppender to perform JNDI requests that result in remote code execution.

Note this issue only affects Log4j 1.2 when specifically configured to use JMSAppender, which is not the default.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.