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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2022.3299
           Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture
                 includes multiple vulnerable components.
                                7 July 2022

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture Software
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2022-25315 CVE-2022-25236 CVE-2022-25235
                   CVE-2022-23852 CVE-2022-22827 CVE-2022-22826
                   CVE-2022-22825 CVE-2022-22824 CVE-2022-22823
                   CVE-2022-22822 CVE-2022-0778 CVE-2021-46143
                   CVE-2021-45960 CVE-2021-4083 CVE-2018-25032

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6601293

Comment: CVSS (Max):  9.8 CVE-2022-23852 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
         CVSS Source: IBM
         Calculator:  https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture includes multiple vulnerable components.

Document Information

Document number    : 6601293
Modified date      : 05 July 2022
Product            : IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture Software
Software version   : 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
Operating system(s): Linux

Summary

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

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2018-25032
DESCRIPTION: Zlib is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory
corruption in the deflate operation. By using many distant matches, a remote
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
222615 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-2021-4083
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated
privileges on the system, caused by a read-after-free memory flaw in the
garbage collection for Unix domain socket file handlers. By simultaneously
calling close() and fget() functions to trigger a race condition, an attacker
could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges or cause the
system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216849 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-0778
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in
the BN_mod_sqrt() function when parsing certificates. By using a
specially-crafted certificate with invalid explicit curve parameters, a remote
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an infinite loop, and
results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
221911 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-2021-45960
DESCRIPTION: Expat (aka libexpat) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused
by a realloc misbehavior issue in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker
could exploit this vulnerability to cause a the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216473 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2021-46143
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of m_groupSize in doProlog in
xmlparse.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an
attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the
system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216875 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22822
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of addBinding in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216908 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22823
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of build_model in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216907 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22824
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of defineAttribute in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216906 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22825
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of lookup in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216905 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22826
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216904 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-22827
DESCRIPTION: Expat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the system, caused by an integer overflow of storeAtts in xmlparse.c. By
persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could exploit
this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
216901 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-23852
DESCRIPTION: Expat (aka libexpat) could allow a remote attacker to execute
arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the
XML_GetBuffer function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker
could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
218007 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2022-25235
DESCRIPTION: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper
input validation in xmltok_impl.c. By persuading a victim to open a
specially-crafted content with malformed encoding, a remote attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
219782 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2022-25236
DESCRIPTION: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper
protection against insertion of namesep characters into namespace URIs in
xmlparse.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
219784 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2022-25315
DESCRIPTION: libexpat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code
on the system, caused by an integer overflow in storeRawNames. By persuading a
victim to open a specially-crafted file, an attacker could overflow a buffer
and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
219945 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|Affected Product(s)                   |Version(s)                  |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture v7.3|7.3 - 7.3.3 Patch 10        |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture v7.4|7.4 - 7.4.3 Patch 4         |
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture v7.5|7.5 - 7.5.0 Update Package 1|
+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.
+-------------------------+--------+------------------------------------------+
|Product                  |Versions|Fix                                       |
+-------------------------+--------+------------------------------------------+
|IBM QRadar Network Packet|7.3     |IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.3.3   |
|Capture                  |        |Patch 11                                  |
+-------------------------+--------+------------------------------------------+
|IBM QRadar Network Packet|7.4     |IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.4.3   |
|Capture                  |        |Patch 5                                   |
+-------------------------+--------+------------------------------------------+
|IBM QRadar Network Packet|7.5     |IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture 7.5.0   |
|Capture                  |        |Update Package 2                          |
+-------------------------+--------+------------------------------------------+

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Change History

23 Jun 2022: Initial Publication

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