cups returns malformed UTF-8

[Роман Донченко]

This is Ubuntu 12.04, libcups2 1.5.3-0ubuntu4.

I noticed gedit and evince were crashing whenever I opened the print dialog. I'm attaching an example stack trace from gedit.

Eventually I traced the bug to CUPS. gedit crashes in GTK+ code when trying to process an invalid UTF-8 string starting with "Параметры, разрешенн". That string comes from my PPD file (will attach), and its byte length coincides with the size of ppd_group_t::text in CUPS, which means that it's being improperly truncated within CUPS.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Pomah,
Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with cups and printing in gedit/evince. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu and cups have been updated since then.

Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket?
If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug?
If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run the following (only once):
apport-collect 1083310
and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and cups better.
G

[Роман Донченко (dpb-r)]

Sorry, but I no longer have that printer, or that machine. So I cannot help you any further.

[gf (gf-interlinks-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks for the update, Роман. I will close the report now.
Have a great day!
:)
G

Closed per reporter’s feedback.