Public bug reported: Ubuntu 16.04 packages libxml2 version 2.9.3*, which contains a regression documented here: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4f8606c13cb7f2684839f850b83de5ce647d3ca7
Full release notes of 2.9.4 can be seen here: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html The bug will affect XML push parser that fails with bogus UTF-8 encoding error when multi-byte character in large CDATA section is split across buffer, which can be quite common. As Xenial is an LTS version and this bug is quite *critical*, I wonder if we should provide an update to fix this one. If I remember correctly, we're not supposed to update to a newer version a given package for a given version of Ubuntu, but as this version of Ubuntu will be used in many servers in the coming years and XML parsing is quite a common task, it may help a lot of developers to have a backported fix of this issue. Let me know you if you need more information. ** Affects: libxml2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libxml2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1652325 Title: Libxml2 2.9.3 fails to parse multi-byte character in large CDATA section that is split across buffer Status in libxml2 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 16.04 packages libxml2 version 2.9.3*, which contains a regression documented here: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4f8606c13cb7f2684839f850b83de5ce647d3ca7 Full release notes of 2.9.4 can be seen here: http://xmlsoft.org/news.html The bug will affect XML push parser that fails with bogus UTF-8 encoding error when multi-byte character in large CDATA section is split across buffer, which can be quite common. As Xenial is an LTS version and this bug is quite *critical*, I wonder if we should provide an update to fix this one. If I remember correctly, we're not supposed to update to a newer version a given package for a given version of Ubuntu, but as this version of Ubuntu will be used in many servers in the coming years and XML parsing is quite a common task, it may help a lot of developers to have a backported fix of this issue. Let me know you if you need more information. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/+bug/1652325/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
