Security Bulletin: Apache Poi as used by IBMQRadar SIEM is vulnerable to information disclosure (CVE-2019-12415, CVE-2017-12626)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Apache Poi as used by IBMQRadar SIEM is vulnerable to information disclosure

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-12415
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by tool XSSFExportToXml. By sending a specially-crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170015 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2017-12626
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error while parsing malicious WMF, EMF, MSG and macros and specially crafted DOC, PPT and XLS. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop or an out of memory exception.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138361 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

All Protocol Common versions before 7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.4-20200914191530

All Protocol Common versions before 7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.3-20200914161505

Remediation/Fixes

7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.4-20200914191530

7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.3-20200914161505

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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These files were released as part of the 18 December 2020 auto update bundle. Administrators can confirm the protocol version installed on the Console from the Auto Update interface on the Admin tab or using yum info Protocol-Common from the command-line interface to confirm the latest version is installed.

For example:


[root@examplehost]# yum info Protocol-Common
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Installed Packages
Name        : PROTOCOL-Common
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 7.3
Release     : 20181016192120
Size        : 190 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : /PROTOCOL-Common-7.3-20181016192120.noarch
Summary     : PROTOCOL Protocol source common library Install
License     : Proprietary.
Description : This program installs a Protocol source common library PROTOCOL plugin.

Change History

18 Dec 2020: Initial Publication

*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.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Apache Poi as used by IBMQRadar SIEM is vulnerable to information disclosure (CVE-2019-12415, CVE-2017-12626)