StackOverflowError due to the bug XERCESJ-589
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.
- The issue is well known as XERCESJ-589 Content from issues.apache.org is not included.XERCESJ-589 and arises during validation of XML data containing long strings?
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.
SBR
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