Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Cognos is shipped as a component of IBM Control Center. Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2012-0213
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of memory when processing certain Channel Definition Format (CDF)/ Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) documents. By sending a specially-crafted CDF / CFBF file to an application using Apache POI, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75558 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2014-3574
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted OOXML file to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95768 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2014-3529
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error within the OPC SAX setup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration to read arbitrary files on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95770 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-9527
DESCRIPTION: Apache POI is vulnerable to a denial of service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted PPT file to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and deadlock.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99799 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Control Center 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.1 iFix06
IBM Control Center 6.0.0.0 through 6.0.0.1 iFix10
IBM Control Center 5.4.2.0 through 5.4.2.1 iFix12
Remediation/Fixes
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Product | VRMF | Fix | How to acquire fix |
| IBM Control Center | 6.1.0.2 | Base release or later | Fix Central - 6.1.0.2 |
| IBM Control Center | 6.0.0.2 | Base release or later | Fix Central - 6.0.0.2 |
| Sterling Control Center | 5.4.2.2 | Base release or later | Fix Central - 5.4.2.2 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None.
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References
Change History
27 Oct 2017: Original draft
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 December 2019
UID
swg22010049