Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Integration Bus and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS are vulnerable to XML external entity attack.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-9706
DESCRIPTION: IBM Integration Bus and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS are vulnerable to a denial of service attack, 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.
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119580 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
IBM Integration Bus V10.0 & V9.0
WebSphere Message Broker V8.0
Remediation/Fixes
|
Product | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/Fix |
| IBM Integration Bus | V10 | IT14799 | The APAR is available in fix pack 10.0.0.5 |
| IBM Integration Bus | V9 | IT14799 | The APAR is available in fix pack 9.0.0.6 |
| WebSphere Message Broker | V8 | IT14799 | The APAR is available in fix pack 8.0.0.8 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24042925 |
For unsupported versions of the product, IBM recommends upgrading to a fixed, supported version/release/platform of the product.
The planned maintenance release dates for WebSphere Message Broker and IBM Integration Bus are available at :
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
Workarounds and Mitigations
None known
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References
Acknowledgement
None
Change History
10 Feb 2017 - Original version Published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Internal Use Only
Product Synonym
WMB IIB
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Document Information
Modified date:
23 March 2020
UID
swg21997918