stackabletech / stackabletech/operator-rs

RUSTSEC-2022-0048: xml-rs is Unmaintained

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Description

xml-rs is Unmaintained

Details
Status unmaintained
Package xml-rs
Version 0.8.4
URL https://github.com/netvl/xml-rs/issues
Date 2022-01-26

xml-rs is a XML parser has open issues around parsing including integer
overflows / panics that may or may not be an issue with untrusted data.

Together with these open issues with Unmaintained status xml-rs
may or may not be suited to parse untrusted data.

Alternatives

See advisory page for additional details.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by searching the repository's dependency declarations and source for xml-rs 0.8.4. Read the linked RustSec advisory and evaluate the listed quick-xml alternative against the current usage; done when the unmaintained parser is replaced or a documented, validated mitigation is in place.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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