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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.1822
Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in Open Source Apache
Tomcat affect IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint (CVE-2014-0227,
CVE-2014-0230, CVE-2014-7810)
10 July 2015
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint
Publisher: IBM
Operating System: AIX
HP-UX
Linux variants
Solaris
Windows
HP Itanium
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2014-7810 CVE-2014-0230 CVE-2014-0227
Reference: ESB-2015.1772
ESB-2015.1766
ESB-2015.1764
ESB-2015.1648
ESB-2015.1595
Original Bulletin:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21961208
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Security Bulletin: Multiple security vulnerabilities in Open Source Apache
Tomcat affect IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint (CVE-2014-0227, CVE-2014-0230,
CVE-2014-7810)
Document information
More support for:
Cognos Business Viewpoint
Business Viewpoint
Software version:
10.1, 10.1.1
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP Itanium, HP-UX on PA-RISC, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Software edition:
All Editions
Reference #:
1961208
Modified date:
2015-07-09
Security Bulletin
Summary
There are multiple vulnerabilities in Open Source Apace Tomcat that is used by
IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint, These were disclosed in the 02/09/2015,
04/09/2015 and 05/14/2015 X-Force Reports. IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint has
addressed the applicable CVEs.
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)
CVEID: CVE-2014-0230
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by
missing limitations on request body size. By sending a specially crafted
request to the server, an attacker could keep a connection open and force
Tomcat to keep a processing thread allocated to the connection.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/102131 for the current
score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
CVEID: CVE-2014-7810
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security
restrictions, caused by the use of expression language. An attacker could
exploit this vulnerability to bypass the protections of a Security Manager.
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/103155 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
IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint 10.1 FP1
IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint 10.1.1 FP2
Remediation/Fixes
The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the 10.1.x versions
listed as soon as practical.
Cognos Business Viewpoint 10.1 and Cognos Business Viewpoint 10.1.1 downloads
IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint 10.1.0 FP1 IF5 Windows
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=Cognos&product=ibm/Information+Management/Cognos+8+Business+Viewpoint&release=10.1&platform=Windows+32-bit,+x86&function=fixId&fixids=10.1.0.1-BA-CBV-Win32-IF005
IBM Cognos Business Viewpoint 10.1.1 FP2 IF4 Microsoft Windows
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/quickorder?parent=Cognos&product=ibm/Information+Management/Cognos+8+Business+Viewpoint&release=10.1.1&platform=Windows+32-bit,+x86&function=fixId&fixids=10.1.1.2-BA-CBV-Win32-IF004
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Complete CVSS Guide
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Related information
IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal
IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog
Change History
July 10, 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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