[RATIS-1532] Fix RaftProperties security warning

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: common
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 23/Feb/22 15:40
• Updated: 24/Feb/22 01:45
• Resolved: 24/Feb/22 01:45

Description

There is a security alert in RaftProperties.writeXml(Writer):

XML parsers should not be vulnerable to XXE attacks

The code was copied from Hadoop but not used in Ratis. We should simply remove it.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #608