Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Tue Mar 26 19:41:46 CET 2013

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

Regards

Antoine.

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