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Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat affect Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence

Security Bulletin


Summary

The Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence (RRDI) 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-2016-0762
DESCRIPTION:
 Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to process the user supplied password if the specified user name does not exist by the Realm implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct a timing attack and determine valid usernames on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118407 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:N/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-5018
DESCRIPTION:
 Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a Tomcat utility method to bypass a configured SecurityManager.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118406 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6794
DESCRIPTION:
 Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an error in the system property replacement feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass the SecurityManager and read system properties.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118405 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)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6796
DESCRIPTION:
 Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to bypass security restrictions. By modifying configuration parameters for the JSP Servlet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass a configured SecurityManager.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118404 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-6797
DESCRIPTION:
 Apache Tomcat could allow a local attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system, caused by an error in the ResourceLinkFactory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to arbitrary global JNDI resources.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/118403 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)

Affected Supporting Product(s) and Version(s)
RRDI 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.3 and 2.0.4Cognos BI 10.1.1
RRDI 2.0.5 and 2.0.6Cognos BI 10.2.1
RRDI 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2Cognos BI 10.2.1 Fix pack 2
Jazz Reporting Service 5.0, 5.0.1 and 5.0.2

Remediation/Fixes


Apply the recommended fixes to all affected versions of RRDI.

RRDI 2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.3 and 2.0.4


RRDI 2.0.5 and 2.0.6


RRDI 5.0 and 5.0.1 and 5.0.2

  1. 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-2016-0762,CVE-2016-6797) for addressing the listed vulnerability in the underlying Jazz Team Server.
  2. 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

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Change History

15 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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Internal Use Only

PSIRT # 7049 Record # 86687

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg22000123