CVE-2019-4173 Information disclosure in Cognos Controller
Remote attackers can read sensitive data from process memory via HTTP OPTIONS requests in IBM Cognos Controller.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-4173?
CVE-2019-4173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller, published on 17 Jun 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-4173?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Cognos Controller.
How do I fix CVE-2019-4173?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-4173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-4173 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-4173 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Cognos Controller
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rcv3-9mhc-v9jf.