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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2017.0590 Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server affects IBM Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2016-5983) 7 March 2017 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Publisher: IBM Operating System: AIX Linux variants Solaris Windows Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2016-5983 Reference: ESB-2017.0582 ESB-2017.0514 ESB-2017.0328 ESB-2016.2275 ESB-2016.2274 ESB-2016.2245 Original Bulletin: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999722 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server affects IBM Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2016-5983) Document information More support for: Cognos Business Intelligence Metrics Studio Software version: 10.2.2 Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows Reference #: 1999722 Modified date: 06 March 2017 Security Bulletin Summary A vulnerability has been addressed in the IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile component of IBM Cognos Metrics Manager. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-5983 DESCRIPTION: IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code with a serialized object from untrusted sources. CVSS Base Score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116468 for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) 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. Version Interim Fix IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.2 IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 Interim Fix 14 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 Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server 2017Q1 Security Updater Change History 06 March 2107: 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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