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Cognos AnalyticsApplication · Ibm

CVE-2022-30614

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-09-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 11.1.7 / 11.2.3 or later.
See remediation →
84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.1.7, 11.2.0, and 11.2.1 is vulnerable to a denial of service via email flooding caused by sending a specially-crafted request. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the server to consume all available CPU resources. IBM X-Force ID: 227591.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Cognos AnalyticsApplication
Affected:>= 11.1.0, < 11.1.7>= 11.2.0, < 11.2.3= 11.1.7
Oncommand InsightApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 11.1.7 / 11.2.3 or later
Fixed in 11.1.711.2.3
Vendor patch www.ibm.com →
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.3 or later (or latest 11.1.x/11.2.x stable release with security patch)

  1. 1. Navigate to the IBM Support portal at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6615285 to obtain the appropriate fix for your Cognos Analytics version.
  2. 2. Identify your current Cognos Analytics version from the IBM Cognos Configuration interface or installation documentation.
  3. 3. For Cognos Analytics 11.1.x users: Upgrade to version 11.1.7 IF a specific security fix was released for that release train, otherwise upgrade to 11.1.12 or latest 11.1.x stable release.
  4. 4. For Cognos Analytics 11.2.x users: Upgrade to version 11.2.3 or later (check IBM for the latest 11.2.x stable release with the security patch).
  5. 5. For OnCommand Insight: Contact IBM support directly as no fixed version is specified in the advisory; request a security patch or guidance.
  6. 6. After applying the upgrade/patch, verify the email configuration settings to restrict or disable external email relay if not needed.
  7. 7. Monitor system resources after the fix to ensure the DoS vulnerability is mitigated.
Caveat Review IBM release notes for any breaking changes between your current version and the target upgrade version; some functionality changes may occur between minor version jumps.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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