CVE-2016-0254

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-0254
  • Assigner
  • psirt@us.ibm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-06-07T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-06-14T14:06:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563 Vendor Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004036 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0254
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0254
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:41:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 17:30:48 2017-06-07T17:29Z 2017-06-07T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 17:30:48 2017-06-14T14:06:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 17:30:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated