SB2023092811 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Analytics
Published: September 28, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46364)
CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing the href attribute of XOP:Include in MTOM requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45787)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper laxist permissions on the temporary files. A local user can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
3) Insecure Temporary File (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0482)
CWE-ID: CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure creation of temporary files. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.