"Cantor, Scott" <[email protected]> wrote on 03/04/2015 12:16:03 PM:

> From: "Cantor, Scott" <[email protected]>
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, 
> Date: 03/04/2015 12:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Hello and XXE
> 
> On 3/4/15, 5:08 PM, "Jim Manico" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >With respect, XXE is a massive vulnerability that is turned off by 
> >default in Java 8 as well as IBM parsers. Is there any proof or risk 
> >model I could provide to convince Xerces to turn this off by default?
> 
> +1
> 
> And it's not the only unfixed vulnerability in play (per the note I just 

> sent).

-1. XXE is not a vulnerability in the parser. It may be a vulnerability 
for an application/product, but that is the developer's responsibility to 
apply proper configuration to protect themselves in the right context.

> -- Scott

Michael Glavassevich
XML Technologies and WAS Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]



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