Remove support for the identity T-E header value

apache · Jun 8, 2021 · 45d70a8 · 45d70a8
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diff --git a/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/Http11Processor.java b/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/Http11Processor.java
@@ -212,11 +212,8 @@ private void addInputFilter(InputFilter[] inputFilters, String encodingName) {
 
         // Parsing trims and converts to lower case.
 
-        if (encodingName.equals("identity")) {
-            // Skip
-        } else if (encodingName.equals("chunked")) {
-            inputBuffer.addActiveFilter
-                (inputFilters[Constants.CHUNKED_FILTER]);
+        if (encodingName.equals("chunked")) {
+            inputBuffer.addActiveFilter(inputFilters[Constants.CHUNKED_FILTER]);
             contentDelimitation = true;
         } else {
             for (int i = pluggableFilterIndex; i < inputFilters.length; i++) {
@@ -759,7 +756,6 @@ private void prepareRequest() throws IOException {
                 List<String> encodingNames = new ArrayList<>();
                 if (TokenList.parseTokenList(headers.values("transfer-encoding"), encodingNames)) {
                     for (String encodingName : encodingNames) {
-                        // "identity" codings are ignored
                         addInputFilter(inputFilters, encodingName);
                     }
                 } else {

diff --git a/test/org/apache/coyote/http11/TestHttp11Processor.java b/test/org/apache/coyote/http11/TestHttp11Processor.java
@@ -253,31 +253,6 @@ private void doTestWithTEChunked(boolean withCL) throws Exception {
     }
 
 
-    @Test
-    public void testWithTEIdentity() throws Exception {
-        getTomcatInstanceTestWebapp(false, true);
-
-        String request =
-            "POST /test/echo-params.jsp HTTP/1.1" + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-            "Host: any" + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-            "Transfer-encoding: identity" + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-            "Content-Length: 9" + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-            "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" +
-                    SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-            "Connection: close" + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-                SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
-            "test=data";
-
-        Client client = new Client(getPort());
-        client.setRequest(new String[] {request});
-
-        client.connect();
-        client.processRequest();
-        Assert.assertTrue(client.isResponse200());
-        Assert.assertTrue(client.getResponseBody().contains("test - data"));
-    }
-
-
     @Test
     public void testWithTESavedRequest() throws Exception {
         getTomcatInstanceTestWebapp(false, true);
@@ -1859,4 +1834,74 @@ public void onError(Throwable throwable) {
             // NO-OP
         }
     }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown01() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("identity");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown02() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("identity, chunked");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown03() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("unknown, chunked");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown04() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("void");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown05() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("void, chunked");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown06() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("void, identity");
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testTEHeaderUnknown07() throws Exception {
+        doTestTEHeaderUnknown("identity, void");
+    }
+
+
+    private void doTestTEHeaderUnknown(String headerValue) throws Exception {
+        Tomcat tomcat = getTomcatInstance();
+
+        // No file system docBase required
+        Context ctx = tomcat.addContext("", null);
+
+        // Add servlet
+        Tomcat.addServlet(ctx, "TesterServlet", new TesterServlet(false));
+        ctx.addServletMappingDecoded("/foo", "TesterServlet");
+
+        tomcat.start();
+
+        String request =
+                "GET /foo HTTP/1.1" + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
+                "Host: localhost:" + getPort() + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
+                "Transfer-Encoding: " + headerValue + SimpleHttpClient.CRLF +
+                SimpleHttpClient.CRLF;
+
+        Client client = new Client(tomcat.getConnector().getLocalPort());
+        client.setRequest(new String[] {request});
+
+        client.connect();
+        client.processRequest(false);
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(client.isResponse501());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@
         the empty token is at the start, middle or end of the list of tokens.
         (markt)
       </fix>
+      <fix>
+        Remove support for the <code>identity</code> transfer encoding. The
+        inclusion of this encoding in RFC 2616 was an error that was corrected
+        in 2001. Requests using this transfer encoding will now receive a 501
+        response. (markt)
+      </fix>
     </changelog>
   </subsection>
   <subsection name="Jasper">