IBM QRadar up to 7.3.3 Patch 2 Certificate channel accessible

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A vulnerability was found in IBM QRadar up to 7.3.3 Patch 2. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Certificate Handler. Performing a manipulation results in channel accessible. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-4654. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in IBM QRadar up to 7.3.3 Patch 2 (Log Management Software). This affects an unknown function of the component Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a channel accessible vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2 does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. IBM X-ForceID: 170965.

The weakness was released 04/15/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-4654 since 01/03/2019. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/16/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1557 for this issue.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-153740 and VDB-153739. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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

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• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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