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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack (CVE-2020-4509)

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM QRadar is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-4509
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: 7.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/182364 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

All SDEE protocol versions before 7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-SDEE-7.3-20200429181957

All SDEE protocol versions before 7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-SDEE-7.4-20200429181942

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

These files were released as part of the 27 May 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-SDEE from the command-line interface to confirm the latest version is installed. 

For example:

[root@examplehost /]# yum info Protocol-SDEE
Loaded plugins: product-id, search-disabled-repos
Installed Packages
Name        : PROTOCOL-SDEE
Arch        : noarch
Version     : 7.4
Release     : 20200429181942
Size        : 193 k
Repo        : installed
From repo   : local
Summary     : PROTOCOL SDEE Device Protocol Install
License     : Proprietary.
Description : This program installs a SDEE Device Protocol PROTOCOL plugin.

Acknowledgement

IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Nathan Roane, Kamil Sarbinowski, Vince Dragnea, Troy Fisher and Elaheh Samani from IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team

Change History

03 Jun 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.

Disclaimer

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 June 2020

UID

ibm16220154

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