Please sync libxml2 version 2.9.4 into Ubuntu 16.04.3
Bug #1672838 reported by
Kevin Fodness
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #1652325: Libxml2 2.9.3 fails to parse multi-byte character in large CDATA section that is split across buffer.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| libxml2 (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Ubuntu 16.04.2 ships with libxml2 version 2.9.3, which introduced a regression causing valid XML to fail parsing when CDATA sections are split across buffers, as documented here:
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This bug was fixed in libxml2 version 2.9.4, released 2016-05-23:
This particular bug makes large XML file parsing virtually impossible using the package-standard version of libxml2 in 16.04.2. Therefore, I strongly urge that libxml2 be upgraded to version 2.9.4 for distribution with Ubuntu 16.04.3.
Thanks!
Specific details:
Release: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Current Package Version: 2.9.3+dfsg1-
Recommended Package Version: 2.9.4+dfsg1-2 (as ships with 16.10, or equivalent)
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in libxml2 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.