Loading docs/releases/1.4.4.txt +5 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ XML deserialization ------------------- The XML parser in the Python standard library is vulnerable to a number of denial-of-service attacks via external entities and entity expansion. Django uses this parser for deserializing XML-formatted database fixtures. This deserializer is not intended for use with untrusted data, but in order to err on the side of safety in Django 1.4.4 the XML deserializer refuses to parse an XML document with a DTD (DOCTYPE definition), which closes off these attack avenues. attacks via external entities and entity expansion. Django uses this parser for deserializing XML-formatted database fixtures. This deserializer is not intended for use with untrusted data, but in order to err on the side of safety in Django 1.4.4 the XML deserializer refuses to parse an XML document with a DTD (DOCTYPE definition), which closes off these attack avenues. These issues in the Python standard library are CVE-2013-1664 and CVE-2013-1665. More information available `from the Python security team`_. Loading Loading
docs/releases/1.4.4.txt +5 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -40,12 +40,11 @@ XML deserialization ------------------- The XML parser in the Python standard library is vulnerable to a number of denial-of-service attacks via external entities and entity expansion. Django uses this parser for deserializing XML-formatted database fixtures. This deserializer is not intended for use with untrusted data, but in order to err on the side of safety in Django 1.4.4 the XML deserializer refuses to parse an XML document with a DTD (DOCTYPE definition), which closes off these attack avenues. attacks via external entities and entity expansion. Django uses this parser for deserializing XML-formatted database fixtures. This deserializer is not intended for use with untrusted data, but in order to err on the side of safety in Django 1.4.4 the XML deserializer refuses to parse an XML document with a DTD (DOCTYPE definition), which closes off these attack avenues. These issues in the Python standard library are CVE-2013-1664 and CVE-2013-1665. More information available `from the Python security team`_. Loading