FKIE_CVE-2016-8974
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-23 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:55
Severity
Summary
IBM Rhapsody DM 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 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. IBM Reference #: 1997798.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| psirt@us.ibm.com | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21997798 | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21997798 | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.1 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.2 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.3 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.4 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.5 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.6 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 4.0.7 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 5.0 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 5.0.1 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 5.0.2 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 6.0 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 6.0.1 | |
| ibm | rational_rhapsody_design_manager | 6.0.2 |
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