- Fix DoS via XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences (CVE_2009_3560).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c17d770..638d8e7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
+What's New in Python 2.5.5c2?
+=============================
+
+*Release date: xx-xxx-2010*
+
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Fix DoS via XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences (CVE_2009_3560).
+
+
What's New in Python 2.5.5c1?
=============================
diff --git a/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c b/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c
index e04426d..105958b 100644
--- a/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c
+++ b/Modules/expat/xmlparse.c
@@ -3682,6 +3682,9 @@
return XML_ERROR_UNCLOSED_TOKEN;
case XML_TOK_PARTIAL_CHAR:
return XML_ERROR_PARTIAL_CHAR;
+ case -XML_TOK_PROLOG_S:
+ tok = -tok;
+ break;
case XML_TOK_NONE:
#ifdef XML_DTD
/* for internal PE NOT referenced between declarations */