2022-03-14 09:12:25 +01:00
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The results of an attack on a vulnerable XML library can be fairly
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dramatic. With just a few hundred Bytes of XML data an attacker
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can occupy several Gigabytes of memory within seconds. An attacker
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can also keep CPUs busy for a long time with a small to medium size
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request. Under some circumstances it is even possible to access local
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files on your server, to circumvent a firewall, or to abuse services
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to rebound attacks to third parties. This library allows for XML to
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be parsed in a manner that avoids these pitfalls.
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