IBM Cognos Business Intelligence up to 10.0 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence up to 10.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4.1 before IF1, 10.1 before IF2, 10.1.1 before IF2, and 10.2 before IF1 does not properly validate Java serialized input, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 03/05/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4858 since 09/06/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (79801). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 63680, 63679, 63678 and 63677.

Productinfo

Type

Business Process Management Software

Vendor

Name

Cognos Business Intelligence

Version

10.0

License

commercial

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1

Timelineinfo

09/06/2012 🔍
03/05/2013 +180 days 🔍
03/05/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +749 days 🔍
02/04/2018 +1048 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4858 (🔍)
X-Force: 79801 - IBM Cognos Business Intelligence java serialized input command execution

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/04/2018 10:39
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (48), 02/04/2018 10:39 (6)
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