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Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the IBM Dojo Toolkit affects IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. (CVE-2014-8917)

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Summary

An IBM Dojo toolkit vulnerability was disclosed on Dec 8, 2014. The IBM Dojo toolkit is included with IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. IBM Cognos Business Intelligence has addressed the vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-8917
DESCRIPTION: IBM Dojo Toolkit is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99303 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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 10.1.0
  • 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.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.x Fixes

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2, 10.2.1x and 10.2.2 Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None; apply fix

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide
On-line Calculator v2

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Dojo toolkit advisory

Related Information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

Original Version Published: March 27, 2015

*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

swg21700709

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