Patches item #1173998, was opened at 2005-03-31 05:59 Message generated for change (Settings changed) made by akuchling You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1173998&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Core (C code) Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: Works For Me Priority: 7 Submitted By: pdecat (pdecat) >Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake) Summary: Python crashes in pyexpat.c if malformed XML is parsed Initial Comment: If a malformed XML file (containing non unicode characters) is parsed with pyexpat, python crashes. Most details on request. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: pdecat (pdecat) Date: 2005-03-31 08:00 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1210681 STRING_CONV_FUNC returns NULL if the string is contains non-ascii and non-unicode characters. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: pdecat (pdecat) Date: 2005-03-31 07:18 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1210681 Maybe security related, as it can lead to denial of service: it crashes a Zope server using the ParsedXML product simply by uploading a malformed XML file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1173998&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Patches mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/patches
