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Question

Is the Apache Tomcat component used by IBM Cognos Business Intelligenvce vulnerable to CVE-2013-2067 CVE-2012-5887 CVE-2012-5886 CVE-2012-5885 CVE-2012-4534 CVE-2012-4431 CVE-2012-3546 CVE-2012-2733 CVE-2011-5064 CVE-2011-5063 CVE-2011-5062 CVE-2011-3190 CVE-2011-2526 CVE-2011-2204 CVE-2011-1184 CVE-2011-0534 CVE-2011-0013 CVE-2010-4312 CVE-2010-4172 CVE-2010-3718 CVE-2010-2227 CVE-2010-1157 CVE-2009-3548 CVE-2009-2902 CVE-2009-2901 CVE-2009-2693 CVE-2009-0783 CVE-2009-0781 CVE-2009-0580 CVE-2009-0033 CVE-2008-5519 CVE-2008-5515 CVE-2008-2938 CVE-2008-2370 CVE-2008-1947 CVE-2008-1232 CVE-2007-6286 CVE-2007-5461 CVE-2007-5342 CVE-2007-5333 CVE-2007-3386 CVE-2007-3385 CVE-2007-3382 CVE-2007-2450 CVE-2007-2449 CVE-2007-1860 CVE-2007-1355 CVE-2007-0450 ?

Answer

The Apache Tomcat component used by IBM Cognos 10 BI is not vulnerable to these issues.

See individual answers bellow:

CVE-2013-2067The Tomcat component is configured not to use the FORM authenticator.
CVE-2012-5887The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2012-5886The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2012-5885The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2012-4534The Tomcat component is configured not to use the NIO connector.
CVE-2012-4431The Cognos product uses its own CSRF protection
CVE-2012-3546The Tomcat component is configured not to use the FORM authenticator.
CVE-2012-2733The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the NIO connector
CVE-2011-5064 The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2011-5063 The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2011-5062 The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2011-3190 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and none of the AJP connectors
CVE-2011-2526 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the APR nor the NIO connector
CVE-2011-2204 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed, and no Tomcat user accounts are stored in memory.
CVE-2011-1184 The Tomcat component is configured not to use 'Digest' authentication.
CVE-2011-0534 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the NIO connector.
CVE-2011-0013 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed.
CVE-2010-4312 The default Tomcat session management is not used, and the Cognos product implements its own session management.
CVE-2010-4172 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed.
CVE-2010-3718 This vulnerability only applies to shared application hosting environments. The Tomcat component is used solely with the Cognos product, no other untrusted web applications are deployed.
CVE-2010-2227 This vulnerability can only be exploited by sending a direct request to Tomcat with a non-standard value for the "Transfer-Encoding" HTTP header. Microsoft IIS and Apache HTTP server gateways do not handle headers with this non-standard value and gracefully return an error.
CVE-2010-1157 The Tomcat component is configured not to use BASIC or DIGEST authentication.
CVE-2009-3548 The Tomcat component is not installed by the default installer, and the Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed.
CVE-2009-2902 This vulnerability only applies to shared application hosting environments. The Tomcat component is used solely with the Cognos product, no other untrusted web applications are deployed.
CVE-2009-2901 The autoDeploy feature of the Tomcat component is enabled, but Cognos users cannot create files in the Tomcat folder.
CVE-2009-2693 Cognos users cannot create files on the Tomcat folder.
CVE-2009-0783 This vulnerability only applies to shared application hosting environments. The Tomcat component is used solely with the Cognos product, no other untrusted web applications are deployed.
CVE-2009-0781 All the sample programs normally deployed with the Tomcat component are removed from the Cognos product.
CVE-2009-0580 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed, and no Tomcat user accounts are stored in memory.
CVE-2009-0033 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the APR-AJP connector.
CVE-2008-5519 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the APR-AJP connector.
CVE-2008-5515 Custom-made RequestDispatcher and PageContext classes are used in the Cognos product, making the Tomcat component immune to this vulnerability.
CVE-2008-2938 The Tomcat component is configured without the “allowLinking” feature.
CVE-2008-2370 Custom-made RequestDispatcher and PageContext classes are used in the Cognos product, making the Tomcat component immune to this vulnerability.
CVE-2008-1947 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed.
CVE-2008-1232 The Cognos product does not generate HTTP error status message containing user controlled data.
CVE-2007-6286 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the APR connector.
CVE-2007-5461 The Tomcat component is configured without the “WebDAV” feature.
CVE-2007-5342 The Tomcat component is configured without the “JULI logging” feature.
CVE-2007-5333 Cognos users cannot control the value of any cookies set by the Tomcat component.
CVE-2007-3386 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed.
CVE-2007-3385 Cognos users cannot control the value of any cookies set by the Tomcat component.
CVE-2007-3382 Cognos users cannot control the value of any cookies set by the Tomcat component.
CVE-2007-2450 The Tomcat remote management components (such as Tomcat Manager) are not deployed.
CVE-2007-2449 All the sample programs normally deployed with the Tomcat component are removed from the Cognos product.
CVE-2007-1860 The Tomcat component is configured to use the classic HTTP connector, and not the APR-AJP connector.
CVE-2007-1355 All the sample programs normally deployed with the Tomcat component are removed from the Cognos product.
CVE-2007-0450 No proxy modules are used with the Tomcat component.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

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swg21590073