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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 04:12:25 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:37:54 -0400 |
| commit | 06ea7508aa3744b389b8025464b295e2a037937a (patch) | |
| tree | 2161ed452b648e1f476659be44a8f83db8399177 | |
| parent | 0cad3c08d97a556f3f9d6426ba0f20c516538152 (diff) | |
python/defusedxml: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | python/defusedxml/README | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/python/defusedxml/README b/python/defusedxml/README index c1fa82803057..8d12cf852035 100644 --- a/python/defusedxml/README +++ b/python/defusedxml/README @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -The results of an attack on a vulnerable XML library can be fairly dramatic. -With just a few hundred Bytes of XML data an attacker can occupy several -Gigabytes of memory within seconds. An attacker can also keep CPUs busy for a -long time with a small to medium size request. Under some circumstances it is -even possible to access local files on your server, to circumvent a firewall, -or to abuse services to rebound attacks to third parties. This library allows -for XML to be parsed in a manner that avoids these pitfalls. +The results of an attack on a vulnerable XML library can be fairly +dramatic. With just a few hundred Bytes of XML data an attacker +can occupy several Gigabytes of memory within seconds. An attacker +can also keep CPUs busy for a long time with a small to medium size +request. Under some circumstances it is even possible to access local +files on your server, to circumvent a firewall, or to abuse services +to rebound attacks to third parties. This library allows for XML to +be parsed in a manner that avoids these pitfalls. |