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Security Bulletin: Open Source XStream as used in IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Denial of Service. (CVE-2017-7957)

Security Bulletin


Summary

Open Source XStream is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-7957
DESCRIPTION:
XStream is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of attempts to create an instance of the primitive type 'void' during unmarshalling. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125800 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

· IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.0 – 7.2.8 Patch 8

· IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 – 7.3.0 Patch 3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

7 September 2017:First publish

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22008217