description: 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.
problem types: Denial of Service
affected:
{
vendor: IBM
product: Cognos Analytics
versions:
version: 11.2.0, status: affected
version: 11.1.7, status: affected
version: 11.2.1, status: affected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
version: 3.0
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/C:N/AV:N/AC:L/I:N/S:U/UI:N/A:H/PR:L/RC:C/E:U/RL:O
attackVector: NETWORK
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
availabilityImpact: HIGH
exploitCodeMaturity: UNPROVEN
remediationLevel: OFFICIAL_FIX
reportConfidence: CONFIRMED
baseScore: 6.5
temporalScore: 5.7
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
temporalSeverity: MEDIUM
]