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Space in unquoted cookie value #844

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nnposter opened this issue Apr 14, 2017 · 0 comments
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Space in unquoted cookie value #844

nnposter opened this issue Apr 14, 2017 · 0 comments

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As of now, function parse_set_cookie in http.lua largely follows RFC 2109 when parsing header Set-Cookie.

One real-life case that is not parsed properly is when the unquoted cookie value contains a space. This case is not valid under RFC 2109 but it is valid under RFC 6265, Section 5.2.

The following cookie is sent by a Huawei device. Note the space between the brand and the model.

Set-Cookie: SESSIONID=IgAAABjN8b3(removed)NsLRIiSpHLPn1lE=&IgAAA(removed)MT6Bw==&Huawei USG6320&langfrombrows=en-US&copyright=2014;secure

I am proposing to update the function to parse the cookie name/value pair in accordance with RFC 6265 (but still support quoted values) as follows:

* Allows unquoted cookie values to contain whitespace, as defined in RFC6265.
--- a/nselib/http.lua
+++ b/nselib/http.lua
@@ -725,9 +725,8 @@
 --
 -- Every key except "name" and "value" is optional.
 --
--- This function attempts to support the cookie syntax defined in RFC 2109
--- along with the backwards-compatibility suggestions from its section 10,
--- "HISTORICAL". Values need not be quoted, but if they start with a quote they
+-- This function attempts to support the header parser defined in RFC 6265,
+-- Section 5.2. Values need not be quoted, but if they start with a quote they
 -- will be interpreted as a quoted string.
 parse_set_cookie = function (s)
   local name, value
@@ -736,27 +735,22 @@
   local cookie = {}
 
   -- Get the NAME=VALUE part.
-  local pos = skip_space(s, 1)
-  pos, cookie.name = get_token(s, pos)
-  if not cookie.name then
+  local pos
+  _, pos, cookie.name = s:find("^[ \t]*(.-)[ \t]*=[ \t]*")
+  if not (cookie.name or ""):find("^[^;]+$") then
     return nil, "Can't get cookie name."
   end
-  pos = skip_space(s, pos)
-  if s:sub(pos, pos) ~= "=" then
-    return nil, string.format("Expected '=' after cookie name \"%s\".", cookie.name)
-  end
   pos = pos + 1
-  pos = skip_space(s, pos)
   if s:sub(pos, pos) == "\"" then
     pos, cookie.value = get_quoted_string(s, pos)
+    if not cookie.value then
+      return nil, string.format("Can't get value of cookie named \"%s\".", cookie.name)
+    end
+    pos = skip_space(s, pos)
   else
-    _, pos, cookie.value = s:find("([^; \t]*)", pos)
+    _, pos, cookie.value = s:find("^(.-)[ \t]*%f[;\0]", pos)
     pos = pos + 1
   end
-  if not cookie.value then
-    return nil, string.format("Can't get value of cookie named \"%s\".", cookie.name)
-  end
-  pos = skip_space(s, pos)
 
   -- Loop over the attributes.
   while s:sub(pos, pos) == ";" do

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Otherwise I will commit the patch in a few weeks.

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