Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Java Runtime affect IBM Cognos Express (CVE-2014-4244, CVE-2014-4263)

Summary

There are multiple vulnerabilities in IBM® SDK Java™ Technology Edition that is used by IBM Cognos Express. These issues were disclosed as part of the IBM Java SDK updates in July 2014.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2014-4263 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94606 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVEID: CVE-2014-4244 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability related to the Security component has partial confidentiality impact, partial integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base Score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94605 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Cognos Express 9.0

IBM Cognos Express 9.5

IBM Cognos Express 10.1

IBM Cognos Express 10.2.1

Remediation/Fixes

The recommended solution is to apply the fix in one of the IBM Cognos Express versions listed as soon as practical:

IBM Cognos Express 10.1 FP1
IBM Cognos Express 10.2.1 FP3

IBM Cognos Express 9.0 and 9.5 customers should upgrade to a more current version and apply the corresponding update. Please contact Customer Support with any questions.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None