CVE-2016-0254

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Status
Cognos Business Intelligence
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 June 2017

Summary

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.

Affected Version(s)

Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1.1

Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2

Cognos Business Intelligence 10.2.1

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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