Security Bulletin
Summary
Fixes of Cognos Business Intelligence is provided as part of Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) fixes.
There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 6 and IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Technology Edition, Version 7 that are used by IBM Cognos Business Intelligence. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in October 2015.
An Apache Commons Collections vulnerability for handling Java object deserialization was addressed by IBM Cognos Business Intelligence.
Add/remove users to/from an external (namespace) group could leave them with old permissions.
BackURL prefixed with white-space skips CAF validation.
A security vulnerability has been discovered in the Open Source Apache HttpComponents.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2015-7436
DESCRIPTION: Add/remove users to/from an external (namespace) group could leave them with old permissions.
CVSS Base Score: 2.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107961 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7435
DESCRIPTION: BackURL prefixed with white-space skips CAF validation.
CVSS Base Score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107960 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2012-6153
DESCRIPTION: Apache HttpComponents could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by an incomplete fix related to the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the Subject's Common Name (CN) or SubjectAltName field of certificates. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95328 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2014-3577
DESCRIPTION: Apache HttpComponents could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the failure to verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the Subject's Common Name (CN) or SubjectAltName field of certificates. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site containing a specially-crafted certificate, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability using man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof an SSL server.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95327 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2015-7450
DESCRIPTION: Apache Commons Collections could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by the deserialization of data with Java InvokerTransformer class. By sending specially crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary Java code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107918 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2015-4872
DESCRIPTION: An invalid (too short) RSA key might be accepted under certain circumstances. The fix ensures that invalid RSA keys are rejected correctly. This issue affects Java deployments which use SSL/TLS communication and/or the java.security.cert.CertPath API.
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107361 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
Tivoli Common Reporting 2.1
Tivoli Common Reporting 2.1.1
Tivoli Common Reporting 2.1.1.2
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
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the fix for versions listed as soon as practical.
Tivoli Common reporting release | Remediation |
2.1 | Install Interim Fix 14 |
2.1.1 | Install Interim Fix 22 |
2.1.1.2 | Install Interim Fix 9 |
3.1.0.0 through 3.1.2 | Download 10.2-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0016 Install 10.2-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0016 |
3.1.2.1 | Download 10.2.1.1-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0012 Install 10.2.1.1-BA-CBI-<OS>64-IF0012 |
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References
*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
swg21972799