PT-2020-18045 · Ibm · Ibm Cognos Analytics

Published 2020-10-12 · Updated 2020-10-14 · CVE-2020-4388

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 for a denial of service attack due to the failure to catch exceptions in a servlet. Additionally, debug information exposure could potentially be used in future attacks.

Recommendations For IBM Cognos Analytics versions 11.0 through 11.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent denial of service attacks and exposure of debug information.

Fix

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-755

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-4388

Affected Products

Ibm Cognos Analytics

References · 4

• https://ibm.com/support/pages/node/6346922 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-4388 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4388 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179270 · Vendor Advisory