[tor-bugs] #15443 [Tor Browser]: decompression bomb

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#15443: decompression bomb
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 Reporter:  ousado       |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect       |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser  |        Version:
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 A malicious exit node could inject decompression bombs into most http
 traffic, and thus cause great annoyance to Tor Browser users. In that
 regard they're a more severe issue than for Firefox itself, since there's
 a relatively easy way to affect many users at once.

 This is somewhat a duplicate of
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/1618

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