GNU bug report logs - #13598
24.3.50; url-http.el doesn't correctly parse headers when they are sent line-by-line

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: coroa <at> online.de (Jonas Hoersch)

Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 14372

Found in versions 24.3, 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>
Cc: 13598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jonas Hörsch <coroa <at> online.de>
Subject: bug#13598: 24.3.50; url-http.el doesn't correctly parse headers when they are sent line-by-line
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:42:35 -0500

Bastien wrote:

>> i'm positive now, that changing the regex to "^\r+$" is the way to go.

I don't understand how this can be correct. What is this supposed to be
matching?

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec19.html#sec19.3

   The line terminator for message-header fields is the sequence CRLF.
   However, we recommend that applications, when parsing such headers,
   recognize a single LF as a line terminator and ignore the leading CR.
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