Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Cognos BI Server is affected by multiple security exposures.
Vulnerability Details
CVE ID: CVE-2013-6954
DESCRIPTION: If an attacker is able to upload a specially-crafted image to the IBM Cognos BI Server and have the application process it, they may be able to cause the application to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89917 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 8.4.1
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.x versions listed or in version 8.4.1 for your release version as soon as practical.
CVE ID: CVE-2013-6732
DESCRIPTION: An unsanitized input parameter allows an attack to perform a reflective cross-site scripting attack if he can trick a user into clicking a link.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89394 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 8.4.1
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.x versions listed or in version 8.4.1 for your release version as soon as practical.
CVE ID: CVE-2013-5802
DESCRIPTION: If an attacker is able to upload malformed or extremely large streams of XML data to the IBM Cognos BI Server, they may be able to cause the application to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service..
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87982 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/L:Au/N:C/P:I/P:A/P)
AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 8.4.1
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.x versions listed or in version 8.4.1 for your release version as soon as practical.
CVE ID: CVE-2013-5825
DESCRIPTION: If an attacker is able to upload malformed XML data to the IBM Cognos BI Server, they may be able to cause the application to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87988 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/L:Au/N:C/N:I/N:A/P)
AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 8.4.1
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.x versions listed or in version 8.4.1 for your release version as soon as practical.
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0854
DESCRIPTION: A malicious user can specify a unintended DOCTYPE in XML Posted to the server. This can be used to echo back any file from the server that the process running the application has access to.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90794 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/L:Au/S:C/P:I/N:A/N)
AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 8.4.1
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.x versions listed or in version 8.4.1 for your release version as soon as practical.
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0861
DESCRIPTION: An insufficiently sanitized parameter allows an attack to craft a URL that when an authenticated user clicks on and then proceeds to use the applications back/return button launches a script in the context of that user.
CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40682 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV/N:AC/M:Au/N:C/N:I/P:A/N)
AFFECTED PLATFORMS:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 8.4.1
REMEDIATION:
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.x versions listed or in version 8.4.1 for your release version as soon as practical.
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References
Change History
14 February 2014, Original Copy Published
*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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21662856