Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-20399
DESCRIPTION: IBM QRadar is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/196073 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 8
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.4.0 to 7.4.3 GA
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher, Nathan Roane, Elaheh Samani and Gabor Minyo from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team
Change History
21 Jul 2021: 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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Document Information
Modified date:
26 July 2021
UID
ibm16475263