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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2019.4101
         Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Intel
  Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) Vulnerabilites (CVE-2018-12126,
              CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091)
                              6 November 2019

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM QRadar SIEM
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-11091 CVE-2018-12130 CVE-2018-12127
                   CVE-2018-12126  

Reference:         ASB-2019.0173
                   ASB-2019.0138
                   ESB-2019.3590
                   ESB-2019.3555
                   ESB-2019.3944.2

Original Bulletin: 
   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1103481

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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Intel Microarchitectural
Data Sampling (MDS) Vulnerabilites (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127,
CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2019-11091)

Document Information
More support for:
IBM QRadar SIEM

Component:
Console

Software version:
7.2, 7.3

Operating system(s):
Linux

Software edition:
All Editions

Reference #:
1103481

Modified date:
05 November 2019

Security Bulletin


Summary

IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Intel Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS)
Vulnerabilites

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2019-11091
DESCRIPTION:   Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM):
Uncacheable memory on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may
allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a
side channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/
corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf
CVSS Base score: 3.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
160993 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N) CVEID:
CVE-2018-12130
DESCRIPTION:   Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS): Fill
buffers on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an
authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side
channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/
corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
160992 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N) CVEID:
CVE-2018-12127
DESCRIPTION:   Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling (MLPDS): Load ports
on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an
authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side
channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/
corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
160991 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N) CVEID:
CVE-2018-12126
DESCRIPTION:   Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS): Store
buffers on some microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow an
authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via a side
channel with local access. A list of impacted products can be found here:
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/
corporate-information/SA00233-microcode-update-guidance_05132019.pdf
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/
160990 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)


Affected Products and Versions

. IBM QRadar 7.2.0 to 7.2.8 Patch 16

. IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.2 Patch 4


Remediation/Fixes

IBM QRadar/QRM/QVM/QRIF/QNI 7.2.8 Patch 17

IBM QRadar/QRM/QVM/QRIF/QNI 7.3.2 Patch 5


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References

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

05 Nov 2019: 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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Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency and
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF
ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.

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