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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.1766
IBM Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Tomcat affects IBM
Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2014-0227)
6 July 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
Solaris
Windows
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0227
Reference: ESB-2015.1748
ESB-2015.1689
ESB-2015.1648
ESB-2015.1595
ESB-2015.0586
ESB-2015.0572
ESB-2015.0391
ESB-2015.0311
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21903036
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Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Tomcat affects IBM Cognos Metrics
Manager (CVE-2014-0227)
Document information
More support for:
Cognos Business Intelligence
Metrics Studio
Software version:
10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP Itanium, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Reference #:
1903036
Modified date:
2015-07-03
Security Bulletin
Summary
A vulnerability in Tomcat 6 was reported Feb 9, 2015. IBM Cognos Metrics
Manager includes the vulnerable version of Tomcat. IBM Cognos Metrics
Manager has addressed the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2014-0227
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. A remote
attacker could send a specially crafted request in a malformed chunked
header to the Web server to cause multiple processing conflicts on the
servers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web
cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100751 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 Metrics Manager 10.2.2
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.1
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. As the
fix is in a shared component across the Business Intelligence portfolio,
applying the BI Interim Fix will resolve the issue. Note that the
prerequisites named in the links are also satisfied by an IBM Cognos
Metrics Manager install of the same version.
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.x Interim Fixes
For IBM Cognos Metrics Manager versions before 10.1, IBM recommends
upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS Guide
On-line Calculator V2
Apache Tomcat 6.x vulnerabilities
Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Sever 2015Q2 Security
Updater
Change History
03 July 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.
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