CVE-2016-6059

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 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.

Affected products

IBM InfoSphere DataStage: 11.3, 11.3.1, 11.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server: 11.3, 11.3.1, 11.5
IBM InfoSphere Information Server on Cloud: 11.5

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94032
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21991683
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94032

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