Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is affected by a GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability (CVE-2014-5119)

Summary

A security vulnerability have been discovered in GNU C Library (glibc) component bundled with IBM QRadar SIEM.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5119

DESCRIPTION: The GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an off-by-one error in the __gconv_translit_find() function. By setting the CHARSET environment variable to a malicious value, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.

CVSS Base Score: 7.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95044 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score:*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Affected Products and Versions

• • IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.3 Patch 4 and below.
• IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2 Patch 8 and below.
• IBM QRadar Vulnerability Manager 7.2.3 Patch 4 and below.
• IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.2.3 Patch 4 and below.
• IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.1 MR2 Patch 8 and below.

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix for each named product as soon as practical. Please see below for information about the fixes available.

• IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.3

• IBM QRadar Vulnerability Manager 7.2.3

• IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.2.3
  | IBM QRadar SIEM 7.2.4 Patch 1

• IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2

• IBM QRadar Risk Manager 7.1 MR2
  | IBM QRadar SIEM 7.1 MR2 Patch 9

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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