Security Bulletin: IBM Security Access Manager appliances are affected by an XML External Entity vulnerability (CVE-2016-2908)

Summary IBM Security Access Manager could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a XML external entity XXE error when processing XML data by the XML parser. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-2908 DESCRIPTION: IBM Security Access Manager could allow a remote attacke...

CVE-2016-2908

CVE-2016-2908 is a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting IBM Security products. IBM security advisories and IBM/Tivoli bulletins show that the flaw arises from XML parsing in affected components, enabling a remote attacker to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service. Affected...