Improper access control in Jazz Reporting Service - CVE-2016-0319
Published: November 25, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40001
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0319
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The XML parser in Lifecycle Query Engine (LQE) in IBM Jazz Reporting Service 6.0 and 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 iFix006 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
Affected software
Jazz Reporting Service
How to mitigate CVE-2016-0319
Install update from vendor's website.