CVE-2021-4249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability was found in xml-conduit. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file xml-conduit/src/Text/XML/Stream/Parse.hs of the component DOCTYPE Entity Expansion Handler. The manipulation leads to infinite loop. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.9.1.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 4be1021791dcdee8b164d239433a2043dc0939ea. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216204.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Haskell	Xml-conduit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:haskell:xml-conduit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/snoyberg/xml/commit/4be1021791dcdee8b164d239433a2043dc0939ea
https://github.com/snoyberg/xml/pull/161
https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xml-conduit-1.9.1.0
https://vuldb.com/?id.216204

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T13:00:10.630Z

Reserved: 2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-4249

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:09.863Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-18T15:15:10.063

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:14.023

Link: CVE-2021-4249

Redhat

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