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CVE-2017-1289 (GCVE-0-2017-1289)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-22 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 13:32
VLAI
Summary
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 125150.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • Obtain Information
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1221 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1220 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22002169 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1222 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98401 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3453 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
IBM Corporation Runtimes for Java Technology Affected: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 8.0
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Date Public
2017-05-08 00:00
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