PT-2020-18036 · Ibm · Ibm Cognos Analytics

Published 2020-08-03 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-4377

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Cognos Analytics versions 11.0 through 11.1

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources through an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For versions 11.0 and 11.1, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent XXE attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of external XML entities to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4377

Affected Products

Ibm Cognos Analytics

References · 4

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4377 · Security Note
• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6252853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4377 · Vendor Advisory