CVE-2016-6059

HIGH

IBM InfoSphere Information Server - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Technical Description, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94032
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (20)
ibm/infosphere_datastage 11.3
ibm/infosphere_datastage 11.3.1
ibm/infosphere_datastage 11.5
ibm/infosphere_information_server 11.3
ibm/infosphere_information_server 11.3.1
ibm/infosphere_information_server 11.5
ibm/infosphere_information_server_on_cloud 11.5
IBM Corporation/InfoSphere Information Server 10
IBM Corporation/InfoSphere Information Server 10.0
IBM Corporation/InfoSphere Information Server 11.3
... and 10 more
Published Feb 01, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026