bpo-42051: Reject XML entity declarations in plist files (GH-22760)

(cherry picked from commit 05ee790f4d)

Co-authored-by: Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com>
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@ -173,9 +173,16 @@ class _PlistParser:
self.parser.StartElementHandler = self.handle_begin_element
self.parser.EndElementHandler = self.handle_end_element
self.parser.CharacterDataHandler = self.handle_data
self.parser.EntityDeclHandler = self.handle_entity_decl
self.parser.ParseFile(fileobj)
return self.root
def handle_entity_decl(self, entity_name, is_parameter_entity, value, base, system_id, public_id, notation_name):
# Reject plist files with entity declarations to avoid XML vulnerabilies in expat.
# Regular plist files don't contain those declerations, and Apple's plutil tool does not
# accept them either.
raise InvalidFileException("XML entity declarations are not supported in plist files")
def handle_begin_element(self, element, attrs):
self.data = []
handler = getattr(self, "begin_" + element, None)