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Bug 1048147 - decode_utf8() returns gibberish on non-string value
Summary: decode_utf8() returns gibberish on non-string value
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: perl-Encode
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Petr Pisar
QA Contact: Martin Kyral
URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Displa...
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1048910
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-01-03 09:48 UTC by Petr Pisar
Modified: 2014-06-18 08:18 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: perl-Encode-2.51-6.el7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause: Calling decode_utf8() on non-string value. Consequence: A random value is returned. Fix: An upstream fix has been applied to stringify any argument regardless of its type. Result: Calling decode_utf8() on non-string value will return a string representation of the value.
Clone Of: 1048134
Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-06-12 08:41:39 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Upstream fix ported to 2.51 (1.99 KB, patch)
2014-01-03 10:01 UTC, Petr Pisar
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
CPAN 91569 0 None None None Never

Description Petr Pisar 2014-01-03 09:48:12 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1048134 +++

$ perl -e 'use Encode; print decode_utf8(*foo), qq{\n}'
Wide character in print at -e line 1.
0 AH��@��
[...]

Expected value is '*main::foo'.

Fixed in upstream version 2.56 with commit:

commit 14307cf7e433056128727f5d738ee317ef05b016
Author: Dan Kogai <dankogai+github>
Date:   Sun Dec 22 13:07:05 2013 +0900

    VERSION 2.56

Fedora < 21 are affected.

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RHEL-7 is affected too (perl-Encode-2.51-3.el7.x86_64).

Comment 2 Petr Pisar 2014-01-03 10:01:41 UTC
Created attachment 844894 [details]
Upstream fix ported to 2.51


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