Bug 54633 - Invalid % encoding not rejected
Summary: Invalid % encoding not rejected
Status: RESOLVED LATER
Alias: None
Product: Apache httpd-2
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Core (show other bugs)
Version: 2.2.22
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Apache HTTPD Bugs Mailing List
URL:
Keywords: MassUpdate
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-03-04 13:47 UTC by Steve
Modified: 2018-11-07 21:08 UTC (History)
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Description Steve 2013-03-04 13:47:39 UTC
We have been getting a number of requests of the form:

http://www.hotelschool.cornell.edu/alumni/connect/events/10871?iframe=true&width=90%&height=90%

This results in a rack error:

 invalid %-encoding (90%)
  rack (1.4.5) lib/rack/backports/uri/common_18.rb:53:in `decode_www_form_component'

Related bugs in rack and passenger punt this to Apache, saying it is the responsibility of the web server to reject this with a 400.

http://code.google.com/p/phusion-passenger/issues/detail?id=831
https://github.com/rack/rack/issues/337

Thanks!
Comment 1 William A. Rowe Jr. 2018-11-07 21:08:52 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.

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