xml-rs vulnerable to denial of service via invalid token in XML document
Date: 2023-06
Affected: rust/xml-rs
Attack vector: dos
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2023-34411
CWE: CWE-611
CWE-617
CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

The xml-rs crate >= 0.8.9 and < 0.8.14 for Rust and Crab allows a denial of service (panic) via an invalid <! token (such as <!DOCTYPEs/%<!A nesting) in an XML document.


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