Security Bulletin
Summary
Information Disclosure in Cognos Business Intelligence (Cognos BI) shipped with Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) (CVE-2017-1681)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-1681
DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server (IBM Liberty for Java for Bluemix 3.15) could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of application requests, which could allow unauthorized access to read a file. IBM X-Force ID: 134003.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134003 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1
Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1.0.1
Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1.0.2
Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1.2
Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1.2.1
Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1.3
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the fix for versions listed as soon as practical.
| Tivoli Common reporting release | Remediation |
| 3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 | Download Cognos BI 10.2 Interim Fix 26 (10.2.0 IF26) Install 10.2-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0026 |
| 3.1.2.1 | Download Cognos BI 10.2.1.1 Interim Fix 22 (10.2.1.1 IF22) Install 10.2.1.1-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0022 |
| 3.1.3 | Download Cognos BI 10.2.2 Interim Fix 18 (10.2.2 IF18) Install 10.2.2-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0018 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
25-April-2018: Initial 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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg22015888