CVE-2016-3027

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

IBM Security Access Manager for Web 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-611

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
IBM Corporation	Access Manager	9.0; 9.0.0.1; 9.0.1; 7.0.0; 8.0.0; 8.0.0.1; 8.0.0.2; 8.0.0.3; 8.0.0.4; 8.0.0.5; 8.0.1; 8.0.1.2; 8.0.1.3; 8.0.1.4; 9.0.0; 9.0.1.0

References

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994440Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96127
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21994440Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96127

Timeline

Published: Feb 1, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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