Vulnerabilites related to IBM - External Authentication Server
CVE-2020-4462 (GCVE-0-2020-4462)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-16 15:05
Modified
2024-09-16 16:53
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Obtain Information
Summary
IBM Sterling External Authentication Server 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 2.4.3.2, and 2.4.2 and IBM Sterling Secure Proxy 6.0.1, 6.0.0, 3.4.3, and 3.4.2 are 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: 181482.
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Version: 3.4.2 Version: 3.4.3 Version: 2.4.3 Version: 2.4.2 Version: 6.0.1 Version: 6.0.0 |
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