CVE-2016-8980 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21995013 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95141

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1