CVE-2016-8980 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

75%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

130%

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2017-02-01 20:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-02-13 22:25:00

Affected Software

IBM BigFix Inventory 9.2

9.2

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013

Vendor Advisory

95141

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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