IBM Cognos Controller up to 10.4.0 HTTP Method HTTP Request information disclosure

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.0/10.2.1/10.3.0/10.3.1/10.4.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTTP Method Handler. Executing a manipulation as part of HTTP Request can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-4173. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.0/10.2.1/10.3.0/10.3.1/10.4.0 (Business Process Management Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component HTTP Method Handler. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, and 10.4.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the HTTP OPTIONS method, aka Optionsbleed. By sending an OPTIONS HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read secret data from process memory and obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 158878.

The weakness was disclosed 06/17/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-4173 since 01/03/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/05/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Business Process Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Cognos Controller

Version

• 10.2.0
• 10.2.1
• 10.3.0
• 10.3.1
• 10.4.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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