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  2. JRASERVER-4980

CDATA sections in comments not escaped correctly

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      When an issue comment contains a CDATA section, this section's closing tag is not escaped correctly when exporting to XML. This causes a subsequent XML import to fail.

      Proposed fix: Insert a closing and an opening CDATA tag right in the middle of the comment's CDATA closing tag. This causes the closing tag to break up and not mess up JIRA's escaping.

      Workaround

      http://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-4980
      A workaround for this issue has been written up in a KB article and is available here:

      Please note JIRA 3.1 and above should not suffer from this problem. Invalid characters are automatically stripped from imported data, if you are noticing this error please contact http://support.atlassian.com with your .xml export file.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-5475 Backup does not correctly escape CDATA sections in issue description

          • High - High priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-5960 XML content not encoded in XML output

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-6149 Import Data Error

          • Medium - Medium priority issues
          • Closed

          Support Request - Issue that is likely specific to the installation JRASERVER-5347 Error restoring backup data!

          • Highest - Our top priority issues
          • Closed
          is related to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-5319 XML import fails due to invalid characters

          • High - High priority issues
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-5768 Issue description with XML elements breaks backups

          • High - High priority issues
          • Closed
          relates to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JRASERVER-483 Data exported with CDATA not imported

          • High - High priority issues
          • Closed
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              f3e5d8260f61 Maik Schreiber
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