Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Cognos Analytics is affected but not classified as vulnerable to vulnerabilities, based on current information, in the following 3rd-party components: Stanford coreNLP, FasterXML jackson-databind, SnakeYAML, Dromera Hutool, jsoup, Node.js vm2 and Node.js http-cache-semantics. These 3rd-party components were upgraded to non-vulnerable versions in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 FP2 or earlier.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-38749
DESCRIPTION: SnakeYAML is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-overflow in parsing YAML files. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235313 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2022-25881
DESCRIPTION: Node.js http-cache-semantics module is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw. By sending a specially-crafted regex input using request header values, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246089 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2022-36033
DESCRIPTION: jsoup is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234845 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-25857
DESCRIPTION: Java package org.yaml:snakeyam is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by missing to nested depth limitation for collections. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234864 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-3878
DESCRIPTION: Stanford CoreNLP is vulnerable to XML external entity processing, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the readDocument() function in the DomReader.java script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to input a malicious XML reference to an external entity to be processed by a weakly configured XML parser. An attacker can use this vulnerability to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, conduct an SSRF attack, conduct a port scan from the perspective of the machine where the parser is located, or achieve other system impacts.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211534 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-44550
DESCRIPTION: Stanford CoreNLP is vulnerable to HTTP header injection, caused by failing to validate or escape to classifier header. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/220331 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2021-3869
DESCRIPTION: Stanford NLP CoreNLP could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the getTextContentFromTagsFromFile() function in the XMLUtils.java script file. By using a specially-crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211572 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-0198
DESCRIPTION: CoreNLP is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack, caused by a flaw in the TransformXML() function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from files or carry out SSRF attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217214 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-0239
DESCRIPTION: CoreNLP is vulnerable to XML external entity processing, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to input a malicious XML reference to an external entity to be processed by a weakly configured XML parser. An attacker can use this vulnerability to read arbitrary files, or achieve other system impacts.
CVSS Base score: 4.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217779 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-42003
DESCRIPTION: FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a lack of a check in the primitive value deserializers when the UNWRAP_SINGLE_VALUE_ARRAYS feature is enabled. By sending a specially-crafted request using deep wrapper array nesting, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/237662 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-42004
DESCRIPTION: FasterXML jackson-databind is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a lack of a check in in the BeanDeserializer._deserializeFromArray function. By sending a specially-crafted request using deeply nested arrays, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust all available resources.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/237660 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2023-29017
DESCRIPTION: Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox bypass flaw in the handling host objects passed to Error.prepareStackTrace. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252173 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-38750
DESCRIPTION: SnakeYAML is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-overflow in parsing YAML files. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235312 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2022-45688
DESCRIPTION: Hutool is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by stack-based buffer overflow. By persuading a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/242881 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2023-29199
DESCRIPTION: Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox bypass flaw in the handleException() function in the source code transformer. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in host context.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/252624 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-25893
DESCRIPTION: Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a prototype pollution flaw in the WeakMap.prototype.set method. By adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a __proto__ or constructor payload, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/243455 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2023-30547
DESCRIPTION: Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox escape flaw in the handleException() function. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in host context..
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/253006 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-36067
DESCRIPTION: Node.js vm2 module could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a sandbox protections bypass flaw. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 10
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235472 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-38751
DESCRIPTION: SnakeYAML is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-overflow in parsing YAML files. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235311 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2022-38752
DESCRIPTION: SnakeYAML is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-overflow in parsing YAML files. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235310 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.2.0 |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.1 |
IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.0 is not affected by these vulnerabilities.
Remediation/Fixes
IBM recommends upgrading:
| Affected Product(s) | Version | Fix |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.2.x | IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 Fix Pack 2 |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.1.x |
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Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
28 Jul 2023: Initial Publication
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Modified date:
27 July 2023
UID
ibm17013893