Security Bulletin
Summary
This bulletin addresses several security vulnerabilities that are fixed in IBM Cognos Controller 10.4.1 IF2, 10.4.0 IF5, 10.3.1 IF12 and 10.3.0 FP1 IF13.
A vulnerability exists in IBM Cognos Controller that could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information due to easy to guess session identifier names.
IBM Cognos Controller stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history.
IBM Cognos Controller consumes Faster XML Jackson. A vulnerability exists in Faster XML Jackson-Databind that could be exploitable by an attacker.
Vulnerability Details
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Controller could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information due to easy to guess session identifier names.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162658 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Controller stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162659 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: FasterXML jackson-databind could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a polymorphic typing issue. By sending a specially-crafted JSON message, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary local files on the server.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/162875 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Remediation/Fixes
CVE | 10.3.0 FP1 IF13 | 10.3.1 IF12 | 10.4.0 FP1 IF4 | 10.4.0 FP1 IF5 | 10.4.1 IF1 | 10.4.1 IF2 |
CVE-2019-4411 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
CVE-2019-4412 | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
CVE-2019-12814 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Workarounds and Mitigations
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References
Change History
Update Published: November 8, 2019 (Revised Interim Fixes for versions 10.4.0 and 10.4.1))
Update Published: November 4, 2019
Original Version Published: October 25, 2019
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
Disclaimer
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Internal Use Only
Advisory ID | Product Record ID |
16460 | 137347 |
16466 | 137359 |
16923 | 139132 |
Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
21 November 2019
UID
ibm11086123