92946 - https file uploads via multipart/form-data hangs on FIN_WAIT_2

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: Networking, defect, P2)

Description

[fallous]

When doing large file uploads (200K doesn't work, small files of 1-5K do) under
https the browser seems to forget to ack the FIN sent by the server. The server
software is apache1.3.19 with mod_ssl2.8.3.  IE, Opera, and Netscape4.x work
correctly.

Comment 1

[Keyser Sose]

Reporter what build id are you using?

Comment 2

[Dan Tobias]

I've had that problem myself, with several different builds.  (The file uploads
were in a company intranet site, so I can't give a URL.)

Comment 3

[Chris King]

I am currently using Build ID 2001081703 and am experiencing the same problem. 
On our application when a file is uploaded, everything works fine on the server
end ( the file is intact and moved to the correct location) but the client just
hangs until another link or button is pressed.  Just tested with small text file
(4k) and it works, but a 50k pdf will cause it to hang.  Form looks like:

<form ACTION="<script location>" METHOD=POST ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
<table CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=2 BORDER=0>
<tr CLASS="imagetext"><td ALIGN=RIGHT>Choose a File:</td><td><input TYPE=FILE
NAME=ufile CLASS="imageinput"></td></tr>
<tr CLASS="imagetext"><td ALIGN=RIGHT>Description:</td><td><input TYPE=TEXT
NAME=descrip CLASS="imageinput" SIZE=40></td></tr>
<tr CLASS="imagetext"><td ALIGN=RIGHT>Document Type:</td><td><select
style='background-color: #ffcdcd' NAME="itype" CLASS="imageinput"></td></tr>
<tr CLASS="imagetext"><td ALIGN=RIGHT>Author:</td><td><input TYPE=TEXT
NAME=author CLASS="imageinput" SIZE=25></td></tr>
<tr CLASS="imagetext"><td colspan=2><input type=submit VALUE="Upload
Image"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

Comment 4

[Keyser Sose]

Marking NEW.

Comment 5

[Deraj DeZine]

I can no longer use my email or submit themes to Themes.org thanks to this bug
(I am running Mozilla 0.9.7 under Linux). I was able to use my email under 0.9.6
and I submitted a theme successfully under 0.9.5.

This is a very annoying bug and is causing me to look in other places for a
browser that will not have SERIOUS bugs like this every other build =(

Comment 6

[Scott Price]

This bug also shows in Linux 2.4.17 on a PC. It also seems to submit the form
fine if the window is closed while it is hanging.  I found this bug while
working on DragonFlyMail, my pet webmail client.  Trying to send messages fails,
unless the window is closed while the browser is hung.  I was watching the
Apache logs for the query and it happened as soon as the window is closed.

Comment 7

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Deraj and Scott, what you are seeing is in fact not this bug but bug 116210 (and 
it's in the 0.9.7 release notes...)

Comment 8

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

Darin could you prioritize this?

Comment 9

[Darin Fisher]

this sounds very serious... i'll try to address it for mozilla 0.9.9

reporter: can you please supply a testcase?  thx!

cc'ing some of the security folks, since this may be a PSM/NSS bug.

Comment 10

[Darin Fisher]

Deraj and Scott,

see comment #7 ... the problem you are experiencing under mozilla 0.9.7 has been
fixed... this bug is something different.

Comment 11

[Darin Fisher]

fallous: can you please confirm whether this bug still exists in a more recent
mozilla build?  i suspect the problem you were seeing has been fixed by some of
the more recent HTTP(S) connection management code changes.  thx!

Comment 12

[Darin Fisher]

marking WORKSFORME, reporter: please reopen if you can reproduce this problem. thx!