Re: [boost] [Locale] Security bug announcement - UTF-8 validation

On Friday 04 January 2013 06:15:27 Artyom Beilis wrote:

Hello,

Boost.Locale library in Boost 1.48 to 1.52 including has a security flow.

boost::locale::utf::utf_traits accepted some invalid UTF-8 sequences.

Applications that used these functions for UTF-8 input validation could expose themself to security threats as invalid UTF-8 sequece would be considered as valid.

This bug is fixed in upcoming Boost 1.53.

For more details see: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743

Users who can't upgrade to the latest versions may apply the following patch to fix the problem.

http://cppcms.com/files/locale/boost_locale_utf.patch

Perhaps, this should be announced in 1.53 release notes?