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Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is affected by a vulnerability.

Created by Tim Rose on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/288949
288949

Security Bulletin


Summary

This bulletin addresses a cross-site scripting security vulnerability with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-0217
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos Analytics are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109691 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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

Remediation/Fixes

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

10.2.2: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042360
10.2.1.1: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042360
10.2.1: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042360

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known. Apply fixes.

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

CVE-2016-0217:The vulnerability was reported to IBM by Lukasz Juszczyk (ING Services Polska).

Change History

13 January 2017: Original version 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.

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

swg21996809

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