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Luis Bernardo resolved BATIK-1018.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: trunk

this was disabled in trunk recently. if there is demand to make this 
configurable then we can implement that feature, but by default XXE will be 
disabled.

> "XML External Entities" vulnerability
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>
>                 Key: BATIK-1018
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BATIK-1018
>             Project: Batik
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Web Site
>    Affects Versions: 1.8
>         Environment: Operating System: All
> Platform: All
>            Reporter: Nicolas GREGOIRE
>            Assignee: Batik Developer's Mailing list
>             Fix For: trunk
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>         Attachments: xxe.png, xxe.svg
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> During visualization with Squiggle or rasterization via the CLI tool, XML 
> external entities defined in the DTD are dereferenced and the content of the 
> target file is included in the output.
> The impact of this vulnerability range form denial of service to file 
> disclosure. Under Windows, it can also be used to steal LM/NTLM hashes.
> For some additional information about XXE attacks, please refer to 
> http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/827.html
> How to reproduce: 
> $> rasterizer xxe.svg -d xxe.png



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