Denial of Service Vulnerability in IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution
CVE-2016-9691

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
IBM
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 May 2017

Summary

The IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Solution versions 7.0.0 and 7.5.0.0 are susceptible to a denial of service through an XML External Entity Injection flaw. This vulnerability arises during the processing of XML data and can be exploited by a remote attacker. Such exploitation may lead to the disclosure of sensitive information or result in significant resource consumption, potentially crippling system performance.

Affected Version(s)

WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud integration 7.0.0. 7.5.0.0

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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