High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5971
CVE-2016-5971
Description
IBM Security Privileged Identity Manager (ISPIM) Virtual Appliance 2.x before 2.0.2 FP8 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_privileged_identity_manager_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=2.0.2
- Range: <2.0.2 FP8
Patches
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References
2- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93081nvd
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