[Python-Dev] Status of XML fixes (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Mar 17 19:59:52 CET 2013

On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:00:19 +0100 Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:

Eli Bendersky, 17.03.2013 19:25: > IMHO Benjamin is right, given that this attack has been known to exist > since 2003. Moreover, as it appears that no changes whatsoever are going to > make it into 2.7, I don't see why patching of 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 is needed. > As for 3.4, it can't hurt to add an opt-in option for a safe mode to the > affected libraries.

Why keep the libraries vulnerable for another year (3.4 final is expected for early 2014), if there is something we can do about them now?

Well, Christian said that his stdlib patch wasn't ready yet.

Regards

Antoine.

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