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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2016.0234 Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of IBM Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2016-0201) 29 January 2016 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Cognos Metrics Manager Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-0201 Reference: ESB-2016.0208 ESB-2016.0207 ESB-2016.0206 ESB-2016.0205 ESB-2016.0188 ESB-2016.0187 ESB-2016.0171 ESB-2016.0150 ESB-2016.0149 ESB-2016.0128 Original Bulletin: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21974810 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in the GSKit component of IBM Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2016-0201) Security Bulletin Document information More support for: Cognos Business Intelligence Metrics Studio Software version: 10.2.2 Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 1974810 Modified date: 2016-01-27 Summary A vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit component of IBM Cognos Metrics Manager. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-0201 DESCRIPTION: IBM GSKit could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a MD5 collision. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain authentication credentials. CVSS Base Score: 5.9 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/109310 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) Affected Products and Versions IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.2 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 10.2.2 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 Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this. References Complete CVSS v3 Guide On-line Calculator v3 Related information IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog Change History 27 January 2016: 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. 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