Comment

Comment by laech

Years ago when parsing XML in Java, to my surprise at the time, the parser by default would try to resolve external DTDs while parsing, ouch, what a way to let someone DDoS your system.

Unfortunately YAML was even worse in that regard, as it allowed arbitrary code execution as seen in recent CVEs...

parent laech 3 years ago

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Live from the official Hacker News API

A modern reader for Hacker News · SvelteKit + Skeleton