IBM Lotus Notes up to 9.0.1.6 XML Document information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 9.0.1.6 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation as part of XML Document results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-3674. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IBM Lotus Notes up to 9.0.1.6 (Groupware Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation as part of a XML Document leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple XML external entity (XXE) vulnerabilities in the (1) Dom4JDriver, (2) DomDriver, (3) JDomDriver, (4) JDom2Driver, (5) SjsxpDriver, (6) StandardStaxDriver, and (7) WstxDriver drivers in XStream before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML document.

The weakness was disclosed 07/01/2016 as swg21985960 / 1985960 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3674 since 03/28/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90327 (Fedora 24 : xstream-1.4.9-1.fc24 (2016-175b56bb05)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175740 (Debian Security Update for libxstream-java (DSA 3575-1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (111806), Tenable (90327), SecurityFocus (BID 85381†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1036419†). Further details are available at github.com. The entries VDB-87414 and VDB-100139 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 90327
Nessus Name: Fedora 24 : xstream-1.4.9-1.fc24 (2016-175b56bb05)
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OpenVAS ID: 861314
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for xstream FEDORA-2016-250042
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: swg21985960 / 1985960
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CVE: CVE-2016-3674 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3674
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90192

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X-Force: 111806
SecurityFocus: 85381 - XStream CVE-2016-3674 XML External Entity Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036419

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Created: 05/18/2016 09:54
Updated: 05/23/2025 19:44
Changes: 05/18/2016 09:54 (71), 03/06/2019 08:08 (14), 10/06/2024 20:29 (19), 05/23/2025 19:44 (1)
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