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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
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> Attachments: HBASE-17424.001.patch
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> 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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