Security Bulletin
Summary
The product does not disable external XML Entity Processsing which can lead to information disclosure and denial of service attacks.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2018-1730
Description: IBM QRadar is vulnerable to a 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: 7.10
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147709 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score: *Undefined
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 7.2.0 to 7.2.8 Patch 13
IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 Patch 6
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
IBM X-Force Ethical Hacking Team: Warren Moynihan, Jonathan Fitz-Gerald, John Zuccato, Rodney Ryan, Chris Shepherd, Dmitriy Beryoza, Vincent Dragnea, Matt McCarty
Change History
30 November 2018: First Publish
*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 Information
Modified date:
03 December 2018
UID
ibm10742741