CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2019-15160

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/kbrw/sweet_xml/issues/71 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://hex.pm/packages/sweet_xml Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:kbrw:sweet_xml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-08-19 06:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-15160

Mitre link : CVE-2019-15160

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')