How do i read an xml?

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I have an xml output file from sslyze_cli.py with following content.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<document SSLyzeVersion="0.13.4" SSLyzeWeb="https://github.com/nabla-c0d3/sslyze" title="SSLyze Scan Results">
  <invalidTargets/>
  <results networkMaxRetries="4" networkTimeout="5" totalScanTime="14.9100000858">
    <target host="www.loremipsum.com" ip="10.10.10.10" port="443" tlsWrappedProtocol="https">
      <sslv3 isProtocolSupported="True" title="SSLV3 Cipher Suites">
        <preferredCipherSuite>
          <cipherSuite anonymous="False" keySize="128" name="TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA"/>
        </preferredCipherSuite>
        <acceptedCipherSuites>
          <cipherSuite anonymous="False" keySize="256" name="TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA"/>
          <cipherSuite anonymous="False" keySize="128" name="TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA"/>
          <cipherSuite anonymous="False" keySize="128" name="TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA"/>
          <cipherSuite anonymous="False" keySize="128" name="TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5"/>
          <cipherSuite anonymous="False" keySize="112" name="TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA"/>
        </acceptedCipherSuites>
      </sslv3>

There is similar content for SSLv2 as well when we go ahead in xml file.

I want to extract accepted cipher name and keysize for sslv3 and sslv2 elements.

How do I iterate through child elements and validate certain ciphersuite elements belong to sslv2 and others belowng to sslv3 parent element for accepted ciphers?

Thanks.

What I have tried:

I tried using lxml module but I am not successful with it. when I import it, I don't get much options which are mentioned in its documentation.

I am using xml module now. I have been able to iterate through root and get sslv3 element and check if it is supported or not.

for _sslv3 in _root.iter('sslv3'):
			_sslv3 = _sslv3.attrib
			_result = str(_sslv3['isProtocolSupported'])

Not sure, how to proceed further. Any help is much appreciated.

Posted 3-Mar-16 20:16pm

ashu2188

Updated 3-Mar-16 22:44pm

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ashu2188 · Answer 1 · 2016-03-03T22:44:00

alright, found solution by implementing below code.

for _ver3 in _root.iter('sslv3'):
    for _accepted in _ver3.findall('acceptedCipherSuites'):
        for _ciphers in _accepted.findall('cipherSuite'):
            _ciphers = _ciphers.attrib
            if int(_ciphers['keySize']) <= 128:
                print 'Weak cipher found'