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CVE-2019-4173 — IBM Cognos Controller 10

IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, and 10.4.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the HTTP OPTIONS method, aka Optionsbleed. By sending an OPTIONS HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.28% (top 48.70%)
CWE
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Published
2019-06-17T15:10:22.837Z
Last modified
2024-09-17T00:37:17.811Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/A:N/UI:N/PR:L/I:N/S:U/AC:L/C:H/AV:N/RC:C/E:U/RL:O

01What is this vulnerability?

IBM Cognos Controller 10.2.0, 10.2.1, 10.3.0, 10.3.1, and 10.4.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the HTTP OPTIONS method, aka Optionsbleed. By sending an OPTIONS HTTP request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read secret data from process memory and obtain sensitive information. IBM X-Force ID: 158878.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
IBMCognos Controller10.2.1, 10.2.0, 10.3.1, 10.3.0, 10.4.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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