CVE-2016-9706

Critical

Published: 15/02/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

IBM Integration Bus versions 9.0 and 10.0 and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS are vulnerable to a denial of service due to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or exhaust all available memory resources, potentially leading to system downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update to the latest version of the software and implement appropriate security measures to protect against XXE attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

IBM Integration Bus 9.0 and 10.0 and WebSphere Message Broker SOAP FLOWS 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 #: 1997918.