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Bug 785042 - Invalid read in soup_uri_new when URI ends in /..
Invalid read in soup_uri_new when URI ends in /..
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: libsoup
Classification: Core
Component: Misc
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: libsoup-maint@gnome.bugs
libsoup-maint@gnome.bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-07-17 22:13 UTC by Dave Michmerhuizen
Modified: 2017-08-07 14:00 UTC
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Description Dave Michmerhuizen 2017-07-17 22:13:23 UTC 
Specifically, if a URI is simplifed within soup such that the path is /.., soup appears to walk backwards beyond the start of a buffer.  We can see this happen under valgrind by trying to normalize http://www.google.com/..    

7 ==11802== Invalid read of size 1
  8 ==11802==    at 0x300A282C2B: soup_uri_new_with_base (in /usr/lib64/libsoup-2.4.so.1.8.0)
  9 ==11802==    by 0x300A2829EA: soup_uri_new_with_base (in /usr/lib64/libsoup-2.4.so.1.8.0)
 10 ==11802==    by 0x300A283331: soup_uri_new (in /usr/lib64/libsoup-2.4.so.1.8.0)
Comment 1 Dan Winship 2017-08-07 14:00:59 UTC 
fixed in git. Thanks for the bug report.