PT-2017-8873 · Ibm · Ibm Infosphere Information Server

Published 2017-02-01 · Updated 2017-02-08 · CVE-2016-6059

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM InfoSphere Information Server (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data, which can lead to a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit this to expose sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6059

Affected Products

Ibm Infosphere Information Server

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6059 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6059 · Security Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94032 · Note