CVE-2021-38948

CVSS V2 Medium 6.4 CVSS V3 Critical 9.1
Description
IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.7 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 211402.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38948
  • Assigner
  • psirt@us.ibm.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-11-02T16:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-03T16:27:28
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-91 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/91.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_information_server:11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.1
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6509632 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/211402 VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38948
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38948
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:48:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 13:39:15 2021-11-02T16:15Z 2021-11-02T16:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 13:39:15 2021-11-03T16:27:28 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 13:39:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated