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CVE-2021-29755:
IBM QRadar SIEM vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
IBM QRadar SIEM versions 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 contains a vulnerability where the system does not perform proper certificate validation for some inter-host communications (IBM Support). The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-29755 and was disclosed in July 2022.
Technical details
The vulnerability has a CVSS Base score of 5.9 with vector (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). This indicates that the vulnerability is network exploitable but requires high attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, has high confidentiality impact but no impact on integrity or availability (IBM Support).
Impact
The improper certificate validation could potentially allow an attacker to intercept and access sensitive information during inter-host communications between QRadar SIEM components (IBM Support).
Mitigation and workarounds
IBM has released fixes for the affected versions: QRadar SIEM 7.3.3 Fix Pack 12, QRadar SIEM 7.4.3 Fix Pack 6, and QRadar SIEM 7.5.0 Update Pack 2. IBM encourages customers to update their systems promptly. No workarounds are available (IBM Support).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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