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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-07-18 19:03:39 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-07-18 19:03:39 +0000
commit6d9b8bc9ac9935024b9c1b5d06d4f294d7fce3d1 (patch)
treef4c7415fe3497c57c28588f04fe7d6f6687331f9
parent0065e1541bdf9d7132fd54e83dfeab0ed1f86f25 (diff)
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Do not use the HTTP_HOST CGI variable,
just make the HTTP redirect Location: relative. Less user input is good, it reduces the attack surface. Besides, this removes one global variable and 4 lines of code. Patch from Sebastien Marie <semarie-openbsd at latrappe dot fr>.
-rw-r--r--cgi.c10
-rw-r--r--man.cgi.89
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/cgi.c b/cgi.c
index 8f539b46..abf3e5ee 100644
--- a/cgi.c
+++ b/cgi.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: cgi.c,v 1.74 2014/07/18 14:46:25 schwarze Exp $ */
+/* $Id: cgi.c,v 1.75 2014/07/18 19:03:39 schwarze Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
* Copyright (c) 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static void resp_searchform(const struct req *);
static void resp_show(const struct req *, const char *);
static const char *scriptname; /* CGI script name */
-static const char *httphost; /* hostname used in the URIs */
static const int sec_prios[] = {1, 4, 5, 8, 6, 3, 7, 2, 9};
static const char *const sec_numbers[] = {
@@ -530,8 +529,8 @@ pg_searchres(const struct req *req, struct manpage *r, size_t sz)
* without any delay.
*/
printf("Status: 303 See Other\r\n");
- printf("Location: http://%s%s/%s/%s?",
- httphost, scriptname, req->q.manpath, r[0].file);
+ printf("Location: %s/%s/%s?",
+ scriptname, req->q.manpath, r[0].file);
http_printquery(req);
printf("\r\n"
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n"
@@ -907,9 +906,6 @@ main(void)
if (NULL == (scriptname = getenv("SCRIPT_NAME")))
scriptname = "";
- if (NULL == (httphost = getenv("HTTP_HOST")))
- httphost = "localhost";
-
/*
* First we change directory into the MAN_DIR so that
* subsequent scanning for manpath directories is rooted
diff --git a/man.cgi.8 b/man.cgi.8
index d68da6c2..25fe9f2b 100644
--- a/man.cgi.8
+++ b/man.cgi.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: man.cgi.8,v 1.6 2014/07/13 15:38:36 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.cgi.8,v 1.7 2014/07/18 19:03:39 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2014 $
.Dt MAN.CGI 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -266,11 +266,6 @@ is supported as an alias for
The web server may pass the following CGI variables to
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Ev HTTP_HOST
-The FQDN of the (possibly virtual) host the HTTP server is running on.
-This is used for
-.Ic Location:
-headers in HTTP 303 responses.
.It Ev PATH_INFO
The final part of the URI path passed from the client to the server,
starting after the