CVE-2016-8980 XML external entity in BigFix Inventory

What is CVE-2016-8980?

CVE-2016-8980 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Corporation BigFix Inventory, published on 1 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM BigFix Inventory v9 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume all available memory resources.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8980?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ibm Bigfix Inventory, Ibm License Metric Tool.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8980?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-8980 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8980 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in IBM Corporation BigFix Inventory

• CVE-2016-8964 Security feature bypass in BigFix Inventory Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-8961 Open redirect in BigFix Inventory Medium 6.1
• CVE-2016-8962 Weak cryptography in BigFix Inventory Medium 5.9
• CVE-2016-8966 Information disclosure in BigFix Inventory Medium 5.9
• CVE-2016-8963 Information disclosure in BigFix Inventory Medium 5.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2h6f-jv94-879x.