Bug 48705

Summary:	flag to allow newlines in the error log as opposed to a compile time directive
Product:	Apache httpd-2	Reporter:	brian j <brian>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Apache HTTPD Bugs Mailing List <bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED LATER
Severity:	enhancement	Keywords:	MassUpdate
Priority:	P2
Version:	2.2.11
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All

Description brian j 2010-02-08 12:01:48 UTC

apache 1+ allowed newlines to be printed in the error log.
apache 2+ now needs a compile time directive to enable this...

This should be a .conf file modifiable parameter as opposed to a compile time directive.  The user should have easy control over this VERY useful debugging option as opposed to having to download the source and recompile.

Recompiling isn't an option at a lot of places they require all packages to come from a repository or for developers that need to maintain the same levels of the application in their sandboxes, test, QA, and production environments.

This option should be enabled by default with the override parameter in the .conf file set to not allow unescaped characters in the error log.

CFLAGS=-DAP_UNSAFE_ERROR_LOG_UNESCAPED

Comment 1 William A. Rowe Jr. 2018-11-07 21:08:33 UTC

Please help us to refine our list of open and current defects; this is a mass update of old and inactive Bugzilla reports which reflect user error, already resolved defects, and still-existing defects in httpd.

As repeatedly announced, the Apache HTTP Server Project has discontinued all development and patch review of the 2.2.x series of releases. The final release 2.2.34 was published in July 2017, and no further evaluation of bug reports or security risks will be considered or published for 2.2.x releases. All reports older than 2.4.x have been updated to status RESOLVED/LATER; no further action is expected unless the report still applies to a current version of httpd.

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