StackOverflowError due to the bug XERCESJ-589

Solution Verified - Updated

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.4.0 (GA, CP01 → CP20)
    • 6.3.0
    • 6.2.0

Issue

  • Our application server crashes with a StackOverflowError due to a bug in the xerces library (xercesImpl-2.9.1.redhat-6.jar) which is integrated into EAP 6.4.20.

Resolution

This was a known issue ref: This content is not included.BZ 1600900 which has since been addressed.

This content is not included.Update to 6.4.21 or later for the fix.

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