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Security Bulletin: Log Analysis is vulnerable to Injection Attacks

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Summary

Operating system commands can be included in user input as parameters and be executed on the system which lead to injection attacks.

Vulnerability Details

Third Party Entry:   PSIRT-ADV0018499
DESCRIPTION:   Created from Advisory: ADV0018499
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
Log Analysis1.3.1
Log Analysis1.3.2
Log Analysis1.3.3
Log Analysis1.3.4
Log Analysis1.3.5
Log Analysis1.3.6

Remediation/Fixes

 Principal Product and Version(s)Fix details 
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis version 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5 and 1.3.6
Prerequisite:
  • Install only on Log Analysis version 1.3.6.0 or later
  • For earlier than Log Analysis version 1.3.6, upgrade to Log Analysis 1.3.6

You may download the fix here.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Change History

25 Mar 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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Document Information

Modified date:
06 April 2020

UID

ibm16155553