CVE-2016-9706 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Severity

85%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

130%

IBM Integration Bus 9.0 and 10.0 and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS 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 Reference #: 1997918.

IBM Integration Bus 9.0 and 10.0 and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS 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 Reference #: 1997918.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 8.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM

First reported 8 years ago

2017-02-15 19:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-03-07 02:59:00

Affected Software

IBM Integration Bus 9.0

9.0

IBM Integration Bus 10.0

10.0

IBM Websphere Message Broker 8.0

8.0

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21997918

Patch, Vendor Advisory

96274

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