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CVE-2016-8980

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 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

2017-02-01T20:59:03.097

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 license_metric_tool 9.2.0 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux * No
Operating System ibm aix * No
Operating System linux linux_kernel * No
Operating System microsoft windows * No
Operating System oracle solaris * No
Application ibm bigfix_inventory 9.2 Yes
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