GNU bug report logs - #54624
29.0.50; textsec and ipv6 addresses

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> posteo.org>

Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:37:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 54624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: 54624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Aleksandr Vityazev <avityazev <at> posteo.org>
Subject: Re: bug#54624: 29.0.50; textsec and ipv6 addresses
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:02:29 +0200

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:

> Is there any reason to be approximate here? Shouldn't be very hard to
> only allow well-formed addresses.

The point here isn't to validate an address.  It's to say whether
there's something suspicious in an URL.

There's nothing particularly suspicious about an URL that has an invalid
domain part (in itself).

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