CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-9706

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Feb 15, 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
8.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Integration Bus 9.0 and 10.0 and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS 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. IBM Reference #: 1997918.

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
Integration_bus Ibm 9.0 (including) 9.0 (including)
Integration_bus Ibm 10.0 (including) 10.0 (including)
Websphere_message_broker Ibm 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References