PT-2017-9912
CVE-2016-8980
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Published
2017-02-01
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Updated
2017-02-13
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.1
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IBM BigFix Inventory version 9
Description
The issue is caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data, which can lead to a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit this to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.
Recommendations
For IBM BigFix Inventory version 9, update to a version that fixes the XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error to prevent denial of service and exposure of sensitive information.
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