[Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): Issue 17538: Document XML vulnerabilties (original) (raw)

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Tue Mar 26 19:57:37 CET 2013

On Mar 26, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:53:39 +0100 (CET) christian.heimes <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

+ +The XML processing modules are not secure against maliciously constructed data. +An attacker can abuse vulnerabilities for e.g. denial of service attacks, to +access local files, to generate network connections to other machines, or +to or circumvent firewalls. Really? Where does the "access local files, generate network connections, circumvent firewalls" allegation come from?

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/defusedxml#external-entity-expansion-remote

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/defusedxml#external-entity-expansion-local-file

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/defusedxml#dtd-retrieval

Regards Antoine.

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