Security Bulletin: Apache Poi as used by IBMQRadar SIEM is vulnerable to information disclosure (CVE-2019-12415, CVE-2017-12626)

Summary

Apache Poi as used by IBMQRadar SIEM is vulnerable to information disclosure

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-12415
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by tool XSSFExportToXml. By sending a specially-crafted document, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/170015 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2017-12626
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error while parsing malicious WMF, EMF, MSG and macros and specially crafted DOC, PPT and XLS. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop or an out of memory exception.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138361 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)

Affected Products and Versions

All Protocol Common versions before 7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.4-20200914191530

All Protocol Common versions before 7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.3-20200914161505

Remediation/Fixes

7.4.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.4-20200914191530

7.3.0-QRADAR-PROTOCOL-Common-7.3-20200914161505

Workarounds and Mitigations

None