Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Packet Capture includes components with multiple known vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-2828, CVE-2023-24329, CVE-2022-4839)

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-2023-2828
**DESCRIPTION:**ISC BIND is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw that allows the named’s configured cache size limit to be significantly exceeded. By querying the resolver for specific RRsets in a certain order, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all memory on the host.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/258607 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-2023-24329
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by a flaw in the urllib.parse component. By sending a specially-crafted request using URL starts with blank characters, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass blocklisting methods.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/247730 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2022-48339
**DESCRIPTION:**GNU Emacs could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by a flaw in the hfy-istext-command function. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/248054 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None