CVE-2019-10255: Medium severity ibm cognos analytics vulnerability

Published Mar 28, 2019
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Updated

An Open Redirect vulnerability for all browsers in Jupyter Notebook before 5.7.7 and some browsers (Chrome, Firefox) in JupyterHub before 0.9.5 allows crafted links to the login page, which will redirect to a malicious site after successful login. Servers running on a baseurl prefix are not affected.

Other sources

An Open Redirect vulnerability for all browsers in Jupyter Notebook before 5.7.8 and some browsers (Chrome, Firefox) in JupyterHub before 0.9.6 allows crafted links to the login page, which will redirect to a malicious site after successful login. Servers running on a baseurl prefix are not affected.

Jupyter Notebook and JupyterHub could allow a remote attacker to conduct phishing attacks, caused by an open redirect vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to redirect a victim to arbitrary Web sites.

IBM

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
pip/jupyterhub<0.9.6
0.9.6
pip/notebook<5.7.8
5.7.8
IBM Cognos Analytics<=12.0.0-12.0.3
IBM Cognos Analytics<=11.2.0-11.2.4 FP4
jupyter JupyterHub<0.9.5
jupyter notebook<5.7.7

Event History

Mar 28, 2019
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:30 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:30 PM
Description
Apr 2, 2019
Advisory Published
03:46 PM

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2019-10255?

CVE-2019-10255 is an Open Redirect vulnerability in Jupyter Notebook and JupyterHub.

2

Which browsers are affected by CVE-2019-10255?

All browsers in Jupyter Notebook before version 5.7.8 and some browsers (Chrome, Firefox) in JupyterHub before version 0.9.6 are affected.

3

How can CVE-2019-10255 be exploited?

Crafted links can be used to redirect users to a malicious site after successful login in Jupyter Notebook and JupyterHub.

4

Are servers running on a base_url prefix affected by CVE-2019-10255?

No, servers running on a base_url prefix are not affected by CVE-2019-10255.

5

What is the severity of CVE-2019-10255?

CVE-2019-10255 has a severity score of 6.1 (Medium).

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