Improper Resource Shutdown or Release Affecting haskell-xml-conduit package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-HASKELLXMLCONDUIT-3177703
  • published21 Dec 2022
  • disclosed18 Dec 2022

Introduced: 18 Dec 2022

CVE-2021-4249  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-404  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 haskell-xml-conduit.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream haskell-xml-conduit package and not the haskell-xml-conduit package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1