CVE-2016-0398 IBM Cognos Analytics (CA) 11.0 before 11.0.2 allows remote attackers to conduct content-spoofing attacks via a crafted URL.
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-0398 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-0398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 2 Jul 2016.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Ibm Cognos Analytics. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0398/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0398/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-0398?
CVE-2016-0398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Analytics, published on 2 Jul 2016.
Official description
IBM Cognos Analytics (CA) 11.0 before 11.0.2 allows remote attackers to conduct content-spoofing attacks via a crafted URL.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0398?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Analytics.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0398?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-0398 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hcx4-2vmc-fx2g.