Description
IBM BigFix Inventory v9 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.
Published: 2017-02-01
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9805 IBM BigFix Inventory v9 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.
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Hp Hp-ux
Ibm Aix Bigfix Inventory License Metric Tool
Linux Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
Oracle Solaris
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ibm

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:35:02.296Z

Reserved: 2016-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8980

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-01T20:59:03.097

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8980

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