Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1446765
lshw html output does not escape the ampersand character
Last modified: 2018-04-10 06:03:48 EDT
Description of problem: :: [ BEGIN ] :: Running lshw and logging html output :: actually running 'lshw -html > /mnt/testarea/check-output/logs/lshw.out.html' :: [ PASS ] :: Running lshw and logging html output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ BEGIN ] :: Validating html output :: actually running 'xmllint --html --noout /mnt/testarea/check-output/logs/lshw.out.html' /mnt/testarea/check-output/logs/lshw.out.html:1551: HTML parser error : htmlParseEntityRef: no name : </td><td class="second">Integrated Lights-Out Standard Slave Instrumentation & ^ /mnt/testarea/check-output/logs/lshw.out.html:1963: HTML parser error : htmlParseEntityRef: no name ">product: </td><td class="second">Xeon E7 v3/Xeon E5 v3/Core i7 R3 QPI Link 0 & offending line: 1551 <tr><td class="first">product: </td><td class="second">Integrated Lights-Out Sta 1551 ndard Slave Instrumentation & System Support</td></tr> ^^^ relevant entries still render in Firefox but fails xmllint's html validator. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): lshw-B.02.18-4.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: always, depending on the hardware Steps to Reproduce: 1. run lshw -html on a system with a hardware description field that contains an ampersand. 2. 3. Actual results: ampersand character is not escaped Expected results: should escape the literal ampersand '&' with & for html compliance. Additional info:
This issue is fixed in lshw-B.02.18-9.el7: <tr><td class="first">product: </td><td class="second">Integrated Lights-Out Standard Slave Instrumentation & System Support</td></tr> ^^^^^^^^ :: [ LOG ] :: Package lshw is present :: [ LOG ] :: Package versions: :: [ LOG ] :: lshw-B.02.18-9.el7.x86_64 :: [ PASS ] :: Check to see if beaker lshw is not installed (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Getting lshw version information (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Getting lshw command line help information (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Running lshw with no options and logging output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Running lshw and logging sanitized output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Checking that sensitive information is removed from sanitized output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Generating diff of unsanitized and sanitized output (Expected 0,1, got 1) :: [ PASS ] :: Running lshw and logging html output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Validating html output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: running lshw and logging xml output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Validating xml output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Running lshw and logging json output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Validating json output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Running lshw and logging sql output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ PASS ] :: Validating sql output (Expected 0, got 0) :: [ LOG ] :: Duration: 23s :: [ LOG ] :: Assertions: 15 good, 0 bad :: [ PASS ] :: RESULT: Test
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0689