CVE-2016-6059

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE)3 documents3 sources
Severity
8.1HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
IBM Corporation Infosphere Information ServerIBM Infosphere DatastageIBM Infosphere Information Server+1 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 1
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDibm/infosphere_information_server11.3, 11.3.1, 11.5+2
▶NVDibm/infosphere_datastage11.3, 11.3.1, 11.5+2

Patches

Patch: www.ibm.com ↗Patch: www.ibm.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-fjjf-46hr-qcp6: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML dat↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-6059: IBM InfoSphere Information Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML dat↗2017-02-01
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CVE-2016-6059 (HIGH CVSS 8.1) | IBM InfoSphere Information Server i | cvebase.io