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Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server : IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server is affected by CVE-2016-0398

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Summary

This bulletin addresses a recently discovered content spoofing vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0398
DESCRIPTION:
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is vulnerable to content spoofing when an attacker familiar with C10 can convince a user to click on a malicious link.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/112647 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

  • IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.2
  • 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

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix for versions listed as soon as practical.

10.1.1: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042281
10.2.x: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042280

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known. Apply fixes.

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References

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Acknowledgement

The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Sonal Moon

*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

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21983247