CVE-2016-5749 (GCVE-0-2016-5749)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-23 06:36 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:07
VLAI
Summary
NetIQ Access Manager 4.1 before 4.1.2 HF 1 and 4.2 before 4.2.2 was parsing incoming SAML requests with external entity resolution enabled, which could lead to local file disclosure via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • XXE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a NetIQ Access Manager Affected: NetIQ Access Manager
Date Public
2017-03-23 00:00
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