CVE-2016-0254 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5