Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-4847 (CCN-79536)

Assigned:2012-10-26
Published:2012-10-26
Updated:2017-08-29
Summary:IBM Cognos Business Intelligence (BI) 8.4 and 8.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted request containing a zero-valued byte.
CVSS v3 Severity:3.5 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.0 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.0 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-189
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-4847

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1615445
IBM Cognos BI 8.4 Partial Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615445

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cognos-bi-nullbyte-dos(79536)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cognos-bi-nullbyte-dos(79536)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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