Security Bulletin: A vulnerability in IBM Websphere Application Server affects IBM Cognos Metrics Manager (CVE-2016-5983)

Summary

A vulnerability has been addressed in the IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile component of IBM Cognos Metrics Manager.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-5983**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM WebSphere Application Server could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code with a serialized object from untrusted sources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116468 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Metrics Manager 10.2.2

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix as soon as practical. As the fix is in a shared component across the Business Intelligence portfolio, applying the BI Interim Fix will resolve the issue. Note that the prerequisites named in the links are also satisfied by an IBM Cognos Metrics Manager install of the same version.

| Version| Interim Fix
—|—|—
IBM Cognos Metrics Manager| 10.2.2| IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2 Interim Fix 14

Workarounds and Mitigations

None