[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#427436: libxml2: Error with n empty file

[Luis Matos]

Package: libxml2
Version: 2.6.27.dfsg-1
Severity: important

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Opening an empty file makes libxml exit with segfault:

vapiIOconf.vpi:1: parser error : Extra content at the end of the
document

^

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Program has been terminated receiving signal 11 (Segmentation fault)

to test, just touch a file and then try to open it:

first: touch test.xml

then compile the code presented with:  gcc file.c -o xmlTest `pkg-config
--libs --cflags libxml-2.0`

then execute with ./xmlTest

#include <libxml/xmlreader.h>
int
main()
{
        xmlTextReader *xmlInput;
        xmlInput = xmlReaderForFile ("test.xml", "ISO-8859-1",
XML_PARSE_DTDATTR |
                                     XML_PARSE_NOENT |
                                     XML_PARSE_DTDVALID);

        return 0;
}

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_PT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libxml2 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.3-13   compression library -
runtime

Versions of packages libxml2 recommends:
ii  xml-core                      0.09-0.1   XML infrastructure and XML
catalog

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