Do we still need the DMOZ parser?

On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:38 PM lewis john mcgibbney
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> Description:
>
> An XML external entity (XXE) injection vulnerability was discovered in the 
> Nutch DmozParser and is known to affect Nutch versions < 1.18. XML external 
> entity injection (also known as XXE) is a web security vulnerability that 
> allows an attacker to interfere with an application's processing of XML data. 
> It often allows an attacker to view files on the application server 
> filesystem, and to interact with any back-end or external systems that the 
> application itself can access.
>
>
> This issue is being tracked as NUTCH-2841
>
> Credit:
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> The Apache Nutch Project Management Committee would like to thank Martin 
> Heyden for reporting this issue to the Apache Security Team. We are indebted.
>
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