IBM QRadar up to 7.3.3 Patch 2 channel accessible

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A vulnerability was found in IBM QRadar up to 7.3.3 Patch 2. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to channel accessible. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-4594. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM QRadar up to 7.3.3 Patch 2 (Log Management Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a channel accessible vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-300. The product does not adequately verify the identity of actors at both ends of a communication channel, or does not adequately ensure the integrity of the channel, in a way that allows the channel to be accessed or influenced by an actor that is not an endpoint. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques. IBM X-ForceID: 167810.

The weakness was published 04/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-4594 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1557.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Similar entries are available at VDB-153741 and VDB-153739. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Log Management Software

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• IBM

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• QRadar

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• 7.3.3 Patch 2

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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