Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9724 - XXE vulnerability in IBM Qradar Security Information and Event Manager

CVSS 8.1 - HIGH

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

ibm

CWE-611

NVD

Published: 2017-03-07

Updated: 2017-03-08

Summary

IBM QRadar 7.2 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 #: 1999537.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Ibm IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.8 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.7 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.0 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.4 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.6 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.1 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.5 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.2 IBM Qradar Security Information AND Event Manager 7.2.3	9

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21999537