Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:1184 - perl-XML-SAX bug fix update

Synopsis

perl-XML-SAX bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated perl-XML-SAX package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

XML::SAX is a SAX parser access API for Perl. It includes classes and APIs required for implementing SAX drivers, along with a factory class for returning any SAX parser installed on the user's system.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the presence of a comment in an XML file could cause the XML::SAX parser to terminate unexpectedly with an "End tag mismatch" error. This update adapts the algorithm for finding a closing tag to process comments properly. As a result, XML files that contain comments can now be parsed without errors, as expected. (BZ#846814)

All users of perl-XML-SAX are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• perl-XML-SAX-0.14-13.el5.noarch.rpm
• perl-XML-SAX-0.14-13.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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