Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics has addressed multiple vulnerabilties

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cognos Analytics have been addressed. Vulnerabilities have been addressed in the following 3rd party software components that are consumed by IBM Cognos Analytics: Apache Xerces2, Apache Axis, and Apache POI. Other vulnerabilities have also been addressed (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), CORS and DOM link manipulation).

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2012-0881
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/134404 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2018-8032
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache Axis 1.x up to and including 1.4 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack in the default servlet/services.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147823 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2019-4623

**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168924 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2017-12626
**DESCRIPTION:**Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294), and 2) Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295).
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/138361 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:CVE-2019-4343

**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Cognos Analytics allows overly permissive cross-origin resource sharing which could allow an attacker to transfer private information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access content that should be restricted.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161422 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2019-4221

**DESCRIPTION:**IBM Cognos Analytics may be vulnerable to a DOM-based link manipulation. An attacker may be able to leverage this to perform various attacks.
CVSS Base score: 5.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/159230 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix for versions listed as soon as practical.

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.5.0

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.13 Fix Pack 3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None