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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2015.0061
         Security Bulletin: TLS padding vulnerability affects IBM
               Cognos Business Intelligence (CVE-2014-8730)
                              12 January 2015

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Cognos Business Intelligence
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  AIX
                   HP-UX
                   Linux variants
                   Solaris
                   Windows
Impact/Access:     Access Confidential Data -- Remote with User Interaction
                   Reduced Security         -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2014-8730  

Reference:         ESB-2015.0053
                   ESB-2015.0052
                   ESB-2015.0051
                   ESB-2015.0050
                   ESB-2014.2404
                   ESB-2014.2375
                   ESB-2014.2325

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21693422

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Security Bulletin: TLS padding vulnerability affects IBM Cognos Business
Intelligence (CVE-2014-8730)

Document information

More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence

Software version:
10.2.2

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP Itanium, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Reference #:
1693422

Modified date:
2015-01-09

Security Bulletin

Summary

Transport Layer Security (TLS) padding vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding
Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) like attack affects IBM Cognos
Business Intelligence.

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8730
DESCRIPTION:
Product could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information,
caused by the failure to check the contents of the padding bytes when
using CBC cipher suites of some TLS implementations. A remote user with
the ability to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack could exploit this
vulnerability via a POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption)
like attack to decrypt sensitive information and calculate the plaintext
of secure connections.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99216 for the
current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix for versions listed as soon
as practical.


You should verify applying this fix does not cause any compatibility issues.

    Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 IF2

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References
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2

Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Acknowledgement

None

Change History

9 January 2015: Original 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.

Disclaimer

According to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST), the
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an "industry open standard
designed to convey vulnerability severity and help to determine urgency
and priority of response." IBM PROVIDES THE CVSS SCORES "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. CUSTOMERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSESSING
THE IMPACT OF ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY.s

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