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Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence CVE-2019-4340

HIGH
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611)
2019-08-20 psirt@us.ibm.com
8.2
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
8.2 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Aug 20, 2019 - 20:15 nvd
HIGH 8.2

DescriptionNVD

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 161419.

AnalysisAI

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as XML External Entity (XXE) (CWE-611), which allows attackers to read arbitrary files or perform SSRF through XML processing. IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0 (SonarG) is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 161419. Affected products include: Ibm Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Disable external entity processing in XML parsers, use JSON instead of XML where possible.

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