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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1xcG1jLXdwcnYteDc0Ns06og

Inline DTD allows XML bomb attack

The SweetXml (aka sweet_xml) package through 0.6.6 for Erlang and Elixir allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via an XML entity expansion attack with an inline DTD.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1xcG1jLXdwcnYteDc0Ns06og
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 2 years ago
Updated: almost 2 years ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.00117
EPSS Percentile: 0.46529

Identifiers: GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746, CVE-2019-15160
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15160
• https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml/issues/71
• https://hex.pm/packages/sweet_xml
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qpmc-wprv-x746

Repository: https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml
Blast Radius: 20.9

Affected Packages