Re: [generguide-devel] Commented entities cause serious problem

[Cameron S. <ca...@sh...>]

On Saturday 27 Sep 2003 5:11 pm, Sean Wheller wrote:


> The rule is as follows if you have a file with
> ENTITIES, that do not themselves have ENTITIES within
> them, then XXE will open the document and all ENTITIES
> will be in GREY (non-editable). If an ENTITY has
> ENTITIES within it, the contents of the root ENTITY
> will be included in the file. AGain, ENTITIES that do
> not have nested ENTITIES will remain as ENTITIES, but
> if they have nested ENTITIES ... the cascade will
> follow.
>
> I can send you a file, but XXE will give you that same
> message. I will send you a test file.

I don't understand entities enough to understand what you are describing 
above.  I look forward to seeing an example.


> I am currently on a contract with SYSPRO
> (http://www.syspro.com), so time is a little pushed. I
> am busy in the background on the SRS and on the text
> etc of gener. No worries mate, I am here and will drop
> you a package.

Yes, I understand.  Open source developers (including myself) tend to phase in 
and out of projects in response to real life interferences.


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