>Number: 5732 >Category: general >Synopsis: Incorrect handling of index in URL >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 10 01:50:00 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Release: 1.3.11 >Organization: apache >Environment: SunOS hermite 5.6 Generic_105181-17 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5 gcc version 2.7.2.3.f.1 >Description: After processing a URL containing "/index" as the first component, it is possible to extend the path in any arbitrary way (i.e. "/index/balabala/yumyum"). Every time the server reports an "OK (200)" (which everytime is the top-level index-file), which may mislead search-engines like "htdig" to extend the path until the path gets too long to fit into the variable-space (which can also cause a crash of the indexing search-engine). >How-To-Repeat: Correct URL's: http://ls7-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/index
Incorrect URL's reported as OK [200]: http://ls7-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/index/foo/ http://ls7-www.cs.uni-dortmund.de/index/start/index/start Correct URL: http://www.apache.org/index Incorrect URL but reported as OK: http://www.apache.org/index/foo/ >Fix: I am afraid, no! >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, you need] [to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line and make sure the] [subject line starts with the report component and number, with ] [or without any 'Re:' prefixes (such as "general/1098:" or ] ["Re: general/1098:"). If the subject doesn't match this ] [pattern, your message will be misfiled and ignored. The ] ["apbugs" address is not added to the Cc line of messages from ] [the database automatically because of the potential for mail ] [loops. If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request from a ] [developer. Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
