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Websphere Application Server 6.1.14 and prior [Medium]

By Security Team • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Websphere Application Server 6.1.14 and prior [Medium]

Description

The IBM Stax XMLStreamWriter in the Web Services component in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 before 6.1.0.25 does not properly process XML encoding, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and possibly modify data via “XML fuzzing attacks” sent through SOAP requests.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-0904
Severity: Medium

National Vulnerabilities Database

NIST National Vulnerabilities Database

Related OLEX Packages: websphere_application_server
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