[libxml-devel] Guaranteed non-crashing way to load an XML document?

[Dan Janowski]

A double free on the context seems the likely candidate. If you can  
send a bug exploit that I can reproduce then there is a possibility of  
resolution. The stack trace is identification.

Dan

On Feb 5, 2008, at 10:20, Saurabh Nanda wrote:

> I have a long running RESTful web service that  needs to read XML
> documents from HTTP content bodies. I've noticed lots of instances
> where it has randomly crashed due to an error in libxml.
>
> I came across the following post while digging for some clues:
> http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/libxml-devel/2007-November/000586.html
>
> Is there a preferred (guaranteed to not crash) way of parsing XML
> strings in libxml? Here's what I'm doing:
>
>    parser=XML::Parser.new
>    parser.string= content
>    xml = parser.parse
>
> Is there a better way? I've attaced the error log, just in case it  
> helps.
>
> Saurabh.
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