IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service due to improper validation of a specified quantity size input.

IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 is vulnerable to creation of temporary files without atomic operations which may expose sensitive information to an authenticated user due to race condition attacks.

IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 could allow a privileged user to bypass validation, passing user input into the application as trusted data, due to client-side enforcement of server-side security.

Impact

The regular expression that is vulnerable to backtracking can be generated in versions before 0.1.12 of path-to-regexp, originally reported in CVE-2024-45296

Patches

Upgrade to 0.1.12.

Workarounds

Avoid using two parameters within a single path segment, when the separator is not . (e.g. no /:a-:b). Alternatively, you can define the regex used for both parameters and ensure they do not overlap to allow backtracking.

References

- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9wv6-86v2-598j - https://blakeembrey.com/posts/2024-09-web-redos/

IBM Controller 11.0.0, 11.0.1, and 11.1.0 application could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive credentials that may be inadvertently included within the source code.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.1.0 is vulnerable to a Client-Side Desync (CSD) attack where an attacker could exploit a desynchronized browser connection that could lead to further cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 uses weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms that could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

is vulnerable to malicious file upload by allowing unrestricted filetype attachments in the Journal entry page. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system and can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery which could allow an attacker to execute malicious and unauthorized actions transmitted from a user that the website trusts.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

could allow an authenticated user to upload insecure files, due to insufficient file type distinction.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

could allow an authenticated user with local access to bypass security allowing users to circumvent restrictions imposed on input fields.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

exposes server details that could allow an attacker to obtain information of the application environment to conduct further attacks.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

could be vulnerable to malicious file upload by not validating the content of the file uploaded to the web interface. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system, and it can be sent to victim for performing further attacks.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1

could be vulnerable to malicious file upload by not validating the type of file uploaded to Journal entry attachments. Attackers can make use of this weakness and upload malicious executable files into the system that can be sent to victims for performing further attacks.

IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the failure to properly enable HTTP Strict Transport Security. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information using man in the middle techniques.