FKIE_CVE-2016-6059

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-01 20:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683Patch, Vendor Advisory
psirt@us.ibm.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94032Technical Description, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94032Technical Description, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ibm infosphere_datastage 11.3
ibm infosphere_datastage 11.3.1
ibm infosphere_datastage 11.5
ibm infosphere_information_server 11.3
ibm infosphere_information_server 11.3.1
ibm infosphere_information_server 11.5
ibm infosphere_information_server_on_cloud 11.5
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