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Published:

08 February 2016

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2016.0321
        A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Cognos
         Business Intelligence Server shipped with IBM Predictive
                          Maintenance andQuality
                              8 February 2016

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality
Publisher:         IBM
Operating System:  Linux variants
Impact/Access:     Access Privileged Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-0201  

Reference:         ESB-2016.0212

Original Bulletin: 
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21976252

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Security Bulletin: A security vulnerability has been identified in IBM Cognos
Business Intelligence Server shipped with IBM Predictive Maintenance and
Quality (CVE-2016-0201).

Security Bulletin

Document information

More support for:

Predictive Maintenance and Quality

Software version:

2.0, 2.5, 2.5.1

Operating system(s):

Linux

Reference #:

1976252

Modified date:

2016-02-05

Summary

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server is shipped as a component of IBM
Predictive Maintenance and Quality. Information about a security
vulnerability affecting IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server has been
published in this security bulletin.

Vulnerability Details

Please consult the security bulletin

vulnerability has been addressed in the GSKit component of IBM Cognos
Business Intelligence Server

for vulnerability details

and information about fixes.

Affected Products and Versions

Principal Product and Version(s)              Affected Supporting Product and Version
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality 2.0    IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.1
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality 2.5    IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.2
IBM Predictive Maintenance and Quality 2.5.1  IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 10.2.2

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References

Complete CVSS v2 Guide

On-line Calculator v2

Related information

IBM Secure Engineering Web Portal

IBM Product Security Incident Response Blog

Change History

February 5, 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.

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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