CVE-2016-0254 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

68%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

115%

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 110563.

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 110563.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

First reported 7 years ago

2017-06-07 17:29:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-06-14 14:06:00

Affected Software

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1

10.1.1

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2

10.2

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1

10.2.1

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1.1

10.2.1.1

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.2

10.2.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036

Patch, Vendor Advisory

98971

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

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