CVE-2021-4249

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.

• CWE-404

• https://github.com/snoyberg/xml/commit/4be1021791dcdee8b164d239433a2043dc0939eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/snoyberg/xml/pull/161Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xml-conduit-1.9.1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://vuldb.com/?id.216204Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/snoyberg/xml/commit/4be1021791dcdee8b164d239433a2043dc0939eaPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/snoyberg/xml/pull/161Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://hackage.haskell.org/package/xml-conduit-1.9.1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://vuldb.com/?id.216204Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 18, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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