CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1254

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Jul 05, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 is vulnerable to a XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 124634.

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_guardium Ibm 10.0 (including) 10.0 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.0.1 (including) 10.0.1 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.1 (including) 10.1 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.1.2 (including) 10.1.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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