What is CVE-2016-0250?

CVE-2016-0250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-0250?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XXE in Ibm Infosphere Information Server

CVE-2016-0250

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog 11.3 before 11.3.1.2 and 11.5 before 11.5.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via crafted XML data. IBM X-Force ID: 110510.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.015 (71.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Ibm Infosphere_information_server — versions 11.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0250?: CVE-2016-0250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere Information Server, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-0250?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.