Closed Bug 1013615 Opened 12 years ago Closed 10 years ago

parseURL should not accept ':' as part of a hostname

Categories

(Core :: Networking, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: cviecco, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

parseURL should not accept ':' as part of a host name When faced with 'http://:8888/' parseURL claims ':8888' is a host name. It should return hostNameLen = -1.
Fixed by bug 1199430 which adds restrictions to which characters are allowed in the hostname.
Blocks: url
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Depends on: CVE-2015-7188
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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