Security Bulletin: IBM Security Network Threat Analytics for IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to using components with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-1941, CVE-2022-34749, CVE-2022-1552)

Security Bulletin

Summary

The product includes vulnerable components (e.g., framework libraries) that may be identified and exploited with automated tools. IBM has addressed the vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2022-1941
DESCRIPTION: protobuf is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers. By sending a specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/237081 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-34749
DESCRIPTION: Mistune is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the asteris emphasis regular expression implementation. By sending specially-crafted regex input, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to invoke a catastrophic backtrack, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232154 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-1552
DESCRIPTION: PostgreSQL remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an issue with not activate protection or too late with the Autovacuum, REINDEX, CREATE INDEX, REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW, CLUSTER, and pg_amcheck commands. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL functions under a superuser identity.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226521 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Security QRadar Network Threat Analytics	1.1.X
IBM Security QRadar Network Threat Analytics	1.0.x
IBM Security QRadar Network Threat Analytics	1.1.X
IBM Security QRadar Network Threat Analytics	1.0.x
IBM Security QRadar Network Threat Analytics	1.1.X

Remediation/Fixes

Update to QRadar Network Threat Analytics version 1.1.2 or greater.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Change History

06 Oct 2022: 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: IBM Security Network Threat Analytics for IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to using components with known vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-1941, CVE-2022-34749, CVE-2022-1552)