[ python-Bugs-1296433 ] expat crash python

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Bugs item #1296433, was opened at 2005-09-20 07:10
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Category: XML
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 6
Submitted By: Mike Rozhnov (rozhnov)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: expat crash python

Initial Comment:
This simple script crash python.
Parsing of commented xml string work good.
(i.e. raised exception not crash python)
Buffer overflow during convertion to unicode?

Tested on Win XP and linux with kernel 2.4 with same
results.

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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2005-09-22 14:54

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I can reproduce on Linux with current CVS and expat
1.95.5-2.  Note the size of the data only needs to be
greater than 1024.

xml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso8859'?><s>%s</s>" %
('a' * 1025)

I am not certain this problem is specific to Python.  It
might be down in expat only.  Need to investigate further.

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