CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-20502

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Mar 30, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/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 Jazz Foundation Products are 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: 198059.

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
Engineering_insights Ibm 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Engineering_insights Ibm 7.0.1 (including) 7.0.1 (including)
Engineering_insights Ibm 7.0.2 (including) 7.0.2 (including)
Engineering_lifecycle_management Ibm 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Engineering_requirements_quality_assistant_on-premises Ibm - (including) - (including)
Engineering_workflow_management Ibm 7.0.0 (including) 7.0.0 (including)
Engineering_workflow_management Ibm 7.0.1 (including) 7.0.1 (including)
Engineering_workflow_management Ibm 7.0.2 (including) 7.0.2 (including)
Rational_engineering_lifecycle_manager Ibm 6.0.2 (including) 6.0.2 (including)
Rational_engineering_lifecycle_manager Ibm 6.0.6 (including) 6.0.6 (including)
Rational_engineering_lifecycle_manager Ibm 6.0.6.1 (including) 6.0.6.1 (including)
Rational_team_concert Ibm 6.0.6 (including) 6.0.6 (including)
Rational_team_concert Ibm 6.0.6.1 (including) 6.0.6.1 (including)
Rational_team_concert Ibm 6.0.6.2 (including) 6.0.6.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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