defusedexpat 0.4

Modifications in pyexpat

Modifications in _elementtree

_elementtree.XMLParser

New arguments and r/o attributes

• max_entity_indirections

• max_entity_expansions

• ignore_dtd

Modifications in expat

new definitions:

XML_BOMB_PROTECTION
XML_DEFAULT_MAX_ENTITY_INDIRECTIONS
XML_DEFAULT_MAX_ENTITY_EXPANSIONS
XML_DEFAULT_RESET_DTD

new XML_FeatureEnum members:

XML_FEATURE_MAX_ENTITY_INDIRECTIONS
XML_FEATURE_MAX_ENTITY_EXPANSIONS
XML_FEATURE_IGNORE_DTD

new XML_Error members:

XML_ERROR_ENTITY_INDIRECTIONS
XML_ERROR_ENTITY_EXPANSION

new API functions:

int XML_GetFeature(XML_Parser parser,
                   enum XML_FeatureEnum feature,
                   long *value);
int XML_SetFeature(XML_Parser parser,
                   enum XML_FeatureEnum feature,
                   long value);
int XML_GetFeatureDefault(enum XML_FeatureEnum feature,
                          long *value);
int XML_SetFeatureDefault(enum XML_FeatureEnum feature,
                          long value);

XML_FEATURE_MAX_ENTITY_INDIRECTIONS

Limit the amount of indirections that are allowed to occur during the expansion of a nested entity. A counter starts when an entity reference is encountered. It resets after the entity is fully expanded. The limit protects the parser against exponential entity expansion attacks (aka billion laughs attack). When the limit is exceeded the parser stops and fails with XML_ERROR_ENTITY_INDIRECTIONS. A value of 0 disables the protection.

Supported range

0 .. UINT_MAX

Default

40

XML_FEATURE_MAX_ENTITY_EXPANSIONS

Limit the total length of all entity expansions throughout the entire document. The lengths of all entities are accumulated in a parser variable. The setting protects against quadratic blowup attacks (lots of expansions of a large entity declaration). When the sum of all entities exceeds the limit, the parser stops and fails with XML_ERROR_ENTITY_EXPANSION. A value of 0 disables the protection.

Supported range

0 .. UINT_MAX

Default

8 MiB

XML_FEATURE_RESET_DTD

Reset all DTD information after the <!DOCTYPE> block has been parsed. When the flag is set (default: false) all DTD information after the endDoctypeDeclHandler has been called. The flag can be set inside the endDoctypeDeclHandler. Without DTD information any entity reference in the document body leads to XML_ERROR_UNDEFINED_ENTITY.

Supported range

0, 1

Default

0

defusedexpat 0.4

Release date: 25-Feb-2013

• Make code source compatible to Python versions without hash randomization.

• Include latest version of expat patch

defusedexpat 0.3

Release date: 19-Feb-2013

• Disable some tests on Windows because proxy trick doesn’t work

• Remove ‘bomb protection’ suffix from CAPI MAGIC

• Don’t support additional kwargs in _elementtree when XML_BOMB_PROTECTION is not available.

• Implement better and more flexibel get/set feature API in expat

• Add module functions to set global settings

defusedexpat 0.2

Release date: 15-Feb-2013

• Python 3.1 support

• Misc fixes and improvements

defusedexpat 0.1

Release date: 11-Feb-2013

• Initial and internal release for PSRT review