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CVE-2016-0254

IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 110563.

Published

2017-06-07T17:29:00.210

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-611

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ibm	cognos_business_intelligence	10.1.1	Yes
Application	ibm	cognos_business_intelligence	10.2	Yes
Application	ibm	cognos_business_intelligence	10.2.1	Yes
Application	ibm	cognos_business_intelligence	10.2.1.1	Yes
Application	ibm	cognos_business_intelligence	10.2.2	Yes

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563 VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)