PT-2016-3662 · Ibm · Ibm Connections

Published 2016-01-03 · Updated 2016-08-04 · CVE-2015-5038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM Connections versions 3.x through 3.0.1.1 CR2 IBM Connections versions 4.0 through 4.0 CR3 IBM Connections versions 4.5 through 4.5 CR4 IBM Connections versions 5.0 through 5.0 CR2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption and application crash, via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references.

Recommendations For IBM Connections versions 3.x through 3.0.1.1 CR2, update to version 3.0.1.1 CR3 or later. For IBM Connections versions 4.0 through 4.0 CR3, update to version 4.0 CR4 or later. For IBM Connections versions 4.5 through 4.5 CR4, update to version 4.5 CR5 or later. For IBM Connections versions 5.0 through 5.0 CR2, update to version 5.0 CR3 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5038

Affected Products

Ibm Connections

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5038 · Security Note
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1LO87020 · Vendor Advisory
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971439 · Vendor Advisory