Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cognos Controller



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
CVE-ID CVE-2022-23305
CVE-2022-23302
CVE-2021-4104
CWE-ID CWE-89
CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 IBM Cognos Controller
Client/Desktop applications / Other client software

Vendor IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU59691

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23305

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the JDBCAppender. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Note, a non-default configuration with enabled JDBCAppender is required to exploit the vulnerability.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cognos Controller: 10.4.0 - 10.4.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cognos-controller-is-affected-but-not-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-sql-injection-due-to-apache-log4j-v1-vulnerabilities-cve-2022-23305-cve-2022-23302-cve-2021-4/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6591309


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU59692

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23302

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in JMSSink. A remote attacker can provide a TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName configuration causing JMSSink to perform JNDI requests and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Note, a non-default configuration with support for JMSSink is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cognos Controller: 10.4.0 - 10.4.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cognos-controller-is-affected-but-not-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-sql-injection-due-to-apache-log4j-v1-vulnerabilities-cve-2022-23305-cve-2022-23302-cve-2021-4/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6591309


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU58977

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4104

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in JMSAppender, when the attacker has write access to the Log4j configuration. The attacker can provide TopicBindingName and TopicConnectionFactoryBindingName configurations causing JMSAppender to perform JNDI requests that result in remote code execution.

Note this issue only affects Log4j 1.2 when specifically configured to use JMSAppender, which is not the default.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

IBM Cognos Controller: 10.4.0 - 10.4.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-ibm-cognos-controller-is-affected-but-not-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-code-execution-and-sql-injection-due-to-apache-log4j-v1-vulnerabilities-cve-2022-23305-cve-2022-23302-cve-2021-4/
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6591309


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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