Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-0254
CVE-2016-0254
Description
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence 10.1 and 10.2 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume all available CPU resources and cause a denial of service. IBM X-Force ID: 110563.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:cognos_business_intelligence:10.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.1, 10.2
- (no CPE)range: 10.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98971nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/110563nvdVDB EntryVendor Advisory
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