SB2016050814 - Uncontrolled recursion in IBM Integrated Management Module II (IMM2) for System x, Flex and BladeCenter systems
Published: May 8, 2016 Updated: May 22, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016050814
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3627)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability occurs when xmlStringGetNodeList function in tree.c in libxml2 used in recovery mode. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (infinite recursion, stack consumption, and application crash) via a crafted XML document.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.