CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2908

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Feb 01, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Single Sign On for Bluemix could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data by the XML parser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the system or cause a denial of service.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Security_access_manager_9.0_firmware Ibm 9.0.0 (including) 9.0.0 (including)
Security_access_manager_9.0_firmware Ibm 9.0.0.1 (including) 9.0.0.1 (including)
Security_access_manager_9.0_firmware Ibm 9.0.1.0 (including) 9.0.1.0 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.1 (including) 8.0.0.1 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.2 (including) 8.0.0.2 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.3 (including) 8.0.0.3 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.5 (including) 8.0.0.5 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.0 (including) 8.0.1.0 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.2 (including) 8.0.1.2 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.3 (including) 8.0.1.3 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_mobile_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.4 (including) 8.0.1.4 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.1 (including) 8.0.0.1 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.2 (including) 8.0.0.2 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.3 (including) 8.0.0.3 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.0.5 (including) 8.0.0.5 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.0 (including) 8.0.1.0 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.2 (including) 8.0.1.2 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.3 (including) 8.0.1.3 (including)
Security_access_manager_for_web_8.0_firmware Ibm 8.0.1.4 (including) 8.0.1.4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References