Security Bulletin: IBM Cognos Analytics is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Summary

This bulletin addresses several security vulnerabilities that are fixed in IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.9.0.

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® Runtime Environment Java™ Version 8. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2017.

IBM Cognos Analytics has addressed a vulnerability in libpng that could be exploited to cause a denial of service.

IBM Cognos Analytics consumes the Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library. This library is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing a deeply nested DTD. This vulnerability has been addressed.

Vulnerability Details

If you run your own Java code using the IBM Java Runtime delivered with this product, you should evaluate your code to determine whether the complete list of vulnerabilities are applicable to your code. For a complete list of vulnerabilities please refer to the link for ““IBM Java SDK Security Bulletin"” located in the “References” section for more information.

CVEID: CVE-2017-10125**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128885 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10067**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Security component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128831 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10096**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JAXP component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128858 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10101**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE JAXP component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128862 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10102**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE RMI component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128863 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10087**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to take control of the system.
CVSS Base Score: 9.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128849 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-1376**
DESCRIPTION:** A flaw in the IBM J9 VM class verifier allows untrusted code to disable the security manager and elevate its privileges.
CVSS Base Score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/126873 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2017-10105**
DESCRIPTION:** An unspecified vulnerability related to the Java SE Deployment component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/128866 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2016-10087**
DESCRIPTION:** libpng is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference in the png_set_text_2 function. By loading a text chunk into a png structure, removing the text, and then adding another text chunk to the structure, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124207 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2016-4463**
DESCRIPTION:** Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a stack-based buffer overflow when parsing a deeply nested DTD. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/114596 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Analytics Versions 11.0.0.0 to 11.0.8.0

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.9.0 as soon as practical.
Downloading IBM Cognos Analytics 11.0.9.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None