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A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager up to 2.0.2 FP7. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a xml external entity reference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-611. 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

The weakness was published 09/26/2016 by ryan with IBM X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5971 since 06/29/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Applying the patch 2.0.2 FP8 is able to eliminate this problem.

Similar entries are available at 92169, 92182, 92183 and 92184.

Productinfo

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• Security Privileged Identity Manager

Version

• 2.0.2 FP7

License

• commercial

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Xml external entity reference
CWE: CWE-611 / CWE-610
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 2.0.2 FP8

Timelineinfo

06/29/2016 🔍
08/26/2016 +58 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +31 days 🔍
09/26/2016 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/26/2019 +941 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: www-01.ibm.com
Researcher: ryan
Organization: IBM X-Force
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5971 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 93081 - IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager XML External Entity Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2016 10:47
Updated: 04/26/2019 16:26
Changes: 09/27/2016 10:47 (50), 04/26/2019 16:26 (15)
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