Security Bulletin
Summary
The Rational Insight is shipped with a version of the Apache Tomcat web server which contains security vulnerabilities that could have a potential security impact.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-6816
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP response splitting attacks, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and cause the server to return a split response, once the URL is clicked. This would allow the attacker to perform further attacks, such as Web cache poisoning or cross-site scripting, and possibly obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119158 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-8735
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the JmxRemoteLifecycleListener. By sending specially crafted data to a JMX port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119157 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
|
Principal Product and Version(s) | Affected Supporting Product(s) and Version(s) |
| Rational Insight 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.2 | Cognos BI 10.1.1 |
| Rational Insight 1.1.1.3 | Cognos BI 10.2.1 |
| Rational Insight 1.1.1.4, 1.1.1.5 and 1.1.1.6 | Cognos BI 10.2.1 Fix pack 2 Jazz Reporting Service 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2 |
| Rational Insight 1.1.1.7 | Cognos BI 10.2.1 Fix pack 2 Jazz Reporting Service 6.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
Apply the recommended fixes to all affected versions of Rational Insight.
Rational Insight 1.1
- Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 Interim Fix 21 (Implemented by file 10.1.6306.520).
Review technote 1679272: Install a Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 fix package in Rational Insight 1.1 for detailed instructions.
Rational Insight 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.2
- Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 Interim Fix 21 (Implemented by file 10.1.6306.520).
Read technote 1679281: Install a Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1 fix package in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.
Rational Insight 1.1.1.3
- Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1 Interim Fix 19 (Implemented by file 10.2.5000.537).
Review technote 1679283: Installing Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.x fix pack in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x/5.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.
Rational Insight 1.1.1.4 and 1.1.1.5 and 1.1.1.6 and 1.1.1.7
- If the Data Collection Component (DCC) or Jazz Reporting Service (JRS, also known as Report Builder) is used, perform this step first.
Review the topics in Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in Jazz Team Server shipped with Jazz Reporting Service (CVE-2016-6816,CVE-2016-8735) for addressing the listed vulnerability in the underlying Jazz Team Server.
- If the Cognos-based reporting server is used, also perform this step.
Download the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.1 Interim Fix 18 (Implemented by file 10.2.5012.504).
Review technote 1679283: Installing Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.x fix pack in Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence 2.0.x/5.0.x and Rational Insight 1.1.1.x for the detailed instructions for patch application.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
9 March 2017: Initial Publication
*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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PSIRT # 7253 Record # 87767
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 June 2018
UID
swg21997359