Prevent PyXML from importing, causing crashes

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2014/q2/318

Essentially, we import the xml name, then override its search path,
stripping out the _xmlplus paths that PyXML uses. This leaves only the
Python 2 standard library path, which is what Zenmap was written for.

zenmap/zenmapGUI/About.py

@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ from zenmapCore.Version import VERSION
 from zenmapCore.Paths import Path
 import zenmapCore.I18N
 
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 # For escaping text in marked-up labels.
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
 

zenmap/zenmapGUI/BugReport.py

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ from zenmapGUI.higwidgets.higboxes import HIGVBox
 from zenmapCore.Name import APP_DISPLAY_NAME, NMAP_DISPLAY_NAME, NMAP_WEB_SITE
 import zenmapCore.I18N
 
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 # For escaping text in marked-up labels.
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
 

zenmap/zenmapGUI/CrashReport.py

@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ from zenmapCore.Name import APP_DISPLAY_NAME
 from zenmapCore.Version import VERSION
 import zenmapCore.I18N
 
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 # For escaping text in marked-up labels.
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
 

zenmap/zenmapGUI/DiffCompare.py

@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ import pango
 import os
 import os.path
 import sys
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 import xml.sax
 
 from zenmapGUI.higwidgets.higdialogs import HIGAlertDialog, HIGDialog

zenmap/zenmapGUI/MainWindow.py

@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ import gtk
 import sys
 import os
 from os.path import split, isfile, join, abspath, exists
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 import xml.sax.saxutils
 
 from time import time

zenmap/zenmapGUI/OptionBuilder.py

@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@
 import gobject
 import gtk
 
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
 from zenmapGUI.higwidgets.higboxes import HIGHBox

zenmap/zenmapGUI/ScanInterface.py

@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ import gtk
 import gobject
 import os
 import time
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 import xml.sax
 
 from zenmapGUI.higwidgets.hignotebooks import HIGNotebook, HIGAnimatedTabLabel

zenmap/zenmapGUI/ScriptInterface.py

@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ import gobject
 import gtk
 import sys
 import tempfile
+
+# Prevent loading PyXML
+import xml
+xml.__path__ = [x for x in xml.__path__ if "_xmlplus" not in x]
+
 import xml.sax
 
 from zenmapGUI.higwidgets.higwindows import HIGWindow