fix: buffer overflow in multipart body proc#3546
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fix: buffer overflow in multipart body proc#3546airween merged 5 commits intoowasp-modsecurity:v3/masterfrom
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Pull request overview
Fixes a potential out-of-bounds read/heap buffer overflow in multipart Content-Disposition parsing, based on an external bug report.
Changes:
- Adds an explicit
*(p+2) == '\0'guard before validating the second hex digit infilename*percent-escapes. - Avoids incrementing
ppast the string terminator when a quoted parameter value is missing a closing quote.
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We can take a look at the mentioned issues later (eg. url-encoded quotes in filename), but this fix is important. Thank you to everyone. |
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what
This PR fixes a possible heap buffer overflow in multipart body processor.
why
There is a bug report, received in email from @fumfel and his team. Also they provided this fix.
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The original report:
other notes
After a review and a short discussion, @fumfel and his team confirmed that this issue can occur if the source code was built with ASAN flags.