Vulnerability CVE-2016-6059


Published: 2017-02-01

Description:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
7.8/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Complete
Affected software
IBM -> Infosphere datastage 
IBM -> Infosphere information server on cloud 
IBM -> Infosphere information server 

 References:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94032

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