RHBA-2012:1184 - 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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