PT-2017-8759 · Netiq · Netiq Access Manager

Published 2017-03-23 · Updated 2017-03-24 · CVE-2016-5749

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NetIQ Access Manager versions 4.1 through 4.1.2 before HF 1 NetIQ Access Manager versions 4.2 through 4.2.2

Description The issue allows for local file disclosure via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack due to the parsing of incoming SAML requests with external entity resolution enabled.

Recommendations For NetIQ Access Manager versions 4.1 through 4.1.2 before HF 1, update to version 4.1.2 HF 1 or later. For NetIQ Access Manager versions 4.2 through 4.2.2, update to version 4.2.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5749

Affected Products

Netiq Access Manager

References · 3

• 🔥 https://novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017806 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5749 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5749 · Security Note