multi / single line regular expression infinite loop

This is present in Java too:

import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String str = "ID_843110_DATE\n" +
"2008-08-26 02:53:25\n" +
"ID_843110_SRC\n" +
"This is a test\n" +
"ID_843110_TRG\n" +
"Aceasta este o incercare\n";

        int id = 843110;

        String regex = "(?s)^ID_(" + id + ")_DATE\\n.*\\nID_(" + id + ")_SRC\\n(.*)+ID_(" + id + ")_TRG\\n(.*\\n)+";
        Matcher m = Pattern.compile(regex).matcher(str);
        System.out.println("m.matches() = " + m.matches());
    }
}

And from looking at the Java bug database, it doesn't seem like Java tries to police such dangerous expressions, e.g.:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4704828

this means we should close the issue?

Our options are:

1. ignore the issue because Java does
2. find a work around for the existing library (I can't think of one though)
3. substitute a different library

I guess I am in favor of the first of these so long as we document the kind of things to look out for that might cause grief with the current Java libraries and document how to use some of the other available libraries. I.e. change this from bug to documentation enhancement.

Closing for now unless a definite proposal is submitted. Users running into this issue will likely find this issue and deduce the problem, i.e. their incorrect usage of the underlying api.