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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12725] New: XML dissector inexplicably complains about "Cl

Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:55:18 +0000
Bug ID 12725
Summary XML dissector inexplicably complains about "Closing an unopened tag"
Product Wireshark
Version 2.0.5
Hardware x86-64
OS Windows 7
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Normal
Priority Low
Component Dissection engine (libwireshark)
Assignee [email protected]
Reporter [email protected]

Created attachment 14797 [details]
test case

Build Information:
Version 2.0.5 (v2.0.5-0-ga3be9c6 from master-2.0)

[Copyright stuff elided as redundant.]

Compiled (64-bit) with Qt 5.3.2, with WinPcap (4_1_3), with libz 1.2.8, with
GLib 2.42.0, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.11.0, with Lua 5.2, with GnuTLS
3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with QtMultimedia,
with AirPcap.

Running on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with locale
English_United States.1252, with WinPcap version 4.1.3 (packet.dll version
4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008), with
GnuTLS 3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2, without AirPcap.
        Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 2127U @ 1.90GHz (with SSE4.2), with 12175MB of
physical memory.


Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 12.0 build 40629
--
Wireshark is freaking out about the XML document that's being reassembled and
shown under packet 15, but loading the same document in a my browser or
exporting the object and inspecting it visually, I haven't a clue what
Wireshark is talking about.  Here's what I see on the screen:

eXtensible Markup Language
    <?xml
        version="1.0"
        encoding="utf-8"
        ?>
    <?xml-stylesheet
    <rss
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    <item>
    </item>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    </channel>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]
    </rss>
    Closing an unopened tag
        [Expert Info (Error/Malformed): Closing an unopened tag]
            [Closing an unopened tag]
            [Severity level: Error]
            [Group: Malformed]


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