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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 data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

Published

2017-02-01T20:59:02.083

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

7.8

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-611
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ibm infosphere_datastage 11.3 Yes
Application ibm infosphere_datastage 11.3.1 Yes
Application ibm infosphere_datastage 11.5 Yes
Application ibm infosphere_information_server 11.3 Yes
Application ibm infosphere_information_server 11.3.1 Yes
Application ibm infosphere_information_server 11.5 Yes
Application ibm infosphere_information_server_on_cloud 11.5 Yes
References