IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2012-4847 Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:56561

Info

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2012-4847 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 56561
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2012-4847
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 26 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 26 2012 12:00AM
Credit: Niv Sela, Hacktics ASC, Ernst & Young
Vulnerable: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4.1
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4
Not Vulnerable: IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1

Discussion

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2012-4847 Denial of Service Vulnerability

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to consume all CPU resources, that leads to denial-of-service conditions for legitimate users.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 8.4 and 8.4.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2012-4847 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence CVE-2012-4847 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

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