Closed Bug 36577 Opened 25 years ago Closed 25 years ago

undefined entities causes webshell leakage.

Categories

(Core :: DOM: HTML Parser, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
DOM: HTML Parser
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
VERIFIED INVALID

People

(Reporter: amasri, Assigned: nisheeth_mozilla)

Details

with beta1, linux only--this seems to have no effect on windows: Steps to reproduce: 1. In your directory, copy /u/amasri/beta1/50. This is the Japanese localized version of beta1. 2. In file chrome://sidebar/locale/sidebar-registry-rdf.dtd, comment out <!ENTITY sidebar.nc-panel.barmerica "Bargain America"> (line 80) 3. launch this version of netscape. Result: The program launches but never stabilizes. It continues to leak webshells until you kill it.
Component: RDF → Parser
--> parser
Assignee: waterson → rickg
QA Contact: tever → janc
DTD parser in fact -- so off to nisheeth.
Assignee: rickg → nisheeth
sidebar-registry-rdf.dtd no longer exists. I tried to reproduce this by commenting out another entity in sidebarOverlay.dtd. I got an XML error on the console and mozilla never showed up. Unfortunately, because XML documents need to be well formed, and an undefined entity is a well-formedness error, parsing needs to stop and report an error when an undefined entity is encounterer. Marking this bug invalid.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Verified under the conditions expressed by Nisheeth
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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