Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar hardware appliances are vulnerable to Intel privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0144)

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM QRadar hardware appliances are vulnerable to Intel privilege escalation

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-0144
DESCRIPTION: Intel Xeon and Intel Core products could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by insecure default variable initialization in the BSSA DFT feature. An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain higher privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/205386 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Lenovo SR630 M6 and Lenovo SR650 M6 v1.1.0 - 3.1.0

Lenovo x3550 M5 and Lenovo x3650 M5 v1.0.0 - 6.0.0

Remediation/Fixes

Note: The Lenovo security bulletin affects on-premise QRadar SIEM M5 and M6 appliances. QRadar on Cloud users can ignore this security bulletin.

Please note in order mitigate CVE-2021-0144, microcode will need to be updated on M5 and M6 Appliances. Please see the links below for available microcode updates.

To determine your appliance version see here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qradar-determine-physical-specifications-qradar-appliances

7.3

For Lenovo Appliance M6 Firmware installs using ISO/XClarity, see:

Lenovo SR630 M6 and Lenovo SR650 M6 v5.0.0 firmware download

For Lenovo Appliance M6 Firmware installs using USB keys, see:

Lenovo SR630 M6 and Lenovo SR650 M6 v5.0.0 firmware download

For Lenovo Appliance M5 Firmware installs using ISO/IMM, see:

Lenovo x3550 M5 and Lenovo x3650 M5 v8.0.0 firmware download

For Lenovo Appliance M5 Firmware installs using USB keys, see:

Lenovo x3550 M5 and Lenovo x3650 M5v8.0.0 firmware download

M4 appliances do not require a firmware update

7.4

For Lenovo Appliance M6 Firmware installs using ISO/XClarity, see:

Lenovo SR630 M6 and Lenovo SR650 M6 v5.0.0 firmware download

For Lenovo Appliance M6 Firmware installs using USB keys, see:

Lenovo SR630 M6 and Lenovo SR650 M6 v5.0.0 firmware download

For Lenovo Appliance M5 Firmware installs using ISO/IMM, see:

Lenovo x3550 M5 and Lenovo x3650 M5 v8.0.0 firmware download

For Lenovo Appliance M5 Firmware installs using USB keys, see:

Lenovo x3550 M5 and Lenovo x3650 M5v8.0.0 firmware download

M4 appliances do not require a firmware update

For more information on QRadar firmware, see https://ibm.biz/qradarfirmware

For information about code signed files from IBM, see https://ibm.biz/qradarcodesigning.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Acknowledgement

Change History

20 Jan 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.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar hardware appliances are vulnerable to Intel privilege escalation (CVE-2021-0144)