What is CVE-2016-8982?

CVE-2016-8982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere_datastage, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-8982?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ibm Infosphere_datastage

CVE-2016-8982

IBM InfoSphere Information Server stores sensitive information in URL parameters. This may lead to information disclosure if unauthorized parties have access to the URLs via server logs, referrer header or browser history.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.002 (44.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Infosphere_datastage — versions 8.7, 9.1, 11.3
Ibm Corporation Infosphere Datastage — versions 11.3, 9.1, 8.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@us.ibm.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8982?: CVE-2016-8982 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Infosphere_datastage, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-8982?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.