IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-4847. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4 (Business Process Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4 and 8.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing a zero-valued byte.

The weakness was published 11/14/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4847 since 09/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (79536). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2012 🔍
11/14/2012 +69 days 🔍
11/14/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +860 days 🔍
02/05/2018 +1049 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-4847 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4847
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62915
X-Force: 79536 - IBM Cognos Business Intelligence null byte denial of service

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/05/2018 08:03
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (45), 02/05/2018 08:03 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:B27:103

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