PT-2019-9437 · Ibm · Ibm Infosphere Information Server

Published 2019-02-15 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-1727

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IBM InfoSphere Information Server versions 9.1, 11.3, 11.5, 11.7

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to exploit the vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources through a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data.

Recommendations For versions 9.1, 11.3, 11.5, 11.7, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent XXE attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting XML data processing to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1727

Affected Products

Ibm Infosphere Information Server

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1727 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/147630 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10718887 · Vendor Advisory