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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the Apache Xerces-C XML Parser affects IBM Cognos Metrics Manager.

Created by Mike Gemmell on
Published URL:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/297953
297953

Security Bulletin


Summary

A vulnerability has been addressed in the Apache Xerces-C XML Parser component of IBM Cognos Metrics Manager.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-4463
DESCRIPTION: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing a deeply nested DTD. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114596 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
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

  • IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.2
  • IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.1
  • IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2
  • IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.1.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. As the fix is in a shared component across the Business Intelligence portfolio, applying the BI Interim Fix will resolve the issue. Note that the prerequisites named in the links are also satisfied by an IBM Cognos Metrics Manager install of the same version.


Version Interim Fix
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager10.2.2IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 Interim Fix 16
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager10.2.1IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Interim Fix 21
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager10.2IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2 Interim Fix 24
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager10.1.1IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 Interim Fix 23


Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
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Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

16 October 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

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg22009438

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