PT-2017-9912 · Ibm · Ibm Bigfix Inventory

Published 2017-02-01 · Updated 2017-02-13 · CVE-2016-8980

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 BigFix Inventory version 9

Description The issue is caused by 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 highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

Recommendations For IBM BigFix Inventory version 9, update to a version that fixes the XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error to prevent denial of service and exposure of sensitive information.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8980

Affected Products

Ibm Bigfix Inventory

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8980 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8980 · Security Note
• http://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95141 · Note