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[jira] [Updated] (HBASE-17424) Protect REST client against malicious XML responses.

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-17424?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Josh Elser updated HBASE-17424:
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    Status: Patch Available  (was: Open)

> Protect REST client against malicious XML responses.
> ----------------------------------------------------
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>                 Key: HBASE-17424
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-17424
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: REST
>            Reporter: Josh Elser
>            Assignee: Josh Elser
>             Fix For: 2.0.0, 1.3.0, 1.4.0, 1.2.5, 1.1.9
>
>         Attachments: HBASE-17424.001.patch
>
>
> If, by some means, an unsuspecting REST server client would get a malformed response from the REST server, it could result in the client performing some unintended action from the XML parsing.
> We should disable these extra options on the XML parser to prevent the possibility.



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