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ASF GitHub Bot commented on HAWQ-190:
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GitHub user hornn opened a pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/pull/151
HAWQ-190. Mask special characters in path to avoid XSS attacks.
When trying to access a wrong resource name in PXF, an error message with
the wrong path is emitted.
We mask any special characters in the returned message to avoid cross-site
scripting attacks.
You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running:
$ git pull https://github.com/hornn/incubator-hawq HAWQ-190
Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/pull/151.patch
To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch
with (at least) the following in the commit message:
This closes #151
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commit 5e56b1d1926fa34b55d51d3bbe87a8ef5f2942cd
Author: Noa Horn <[email protected]>
Date: 2015-12-02T22:27:26Z
HAWQ-190. Mask special characters in path to avoid XSS attacks.
When trying to access a wrong resource name in PXF, an error message with
the wrong path is emitted.
We mask any special characters in the returned message to avoid cross-site
scripting attacks.
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> XSS: Reflected: Invalid PathResource.java: Ln 99, 107
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> Key: HAWQ-190
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-190
> Project: Apache HAWQ
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: PXF, Security
> Reporter: Goden Yao
> Assignee: Goden Yao
>
> The method sendErrorMessage() in InvalidPathResource.java sends unvalidated
> data to a web browser on line 107, which can result in the browser executing
> malicious code.
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