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Raul Gutierrez Segales commented on ZOOKEEPER-2146:
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Though in the case of startVector, it's less likely to be exploited by a random
packet on the network. It would, most likely, have to be a malicious intent.
> BinaryInputArchive readString should check length before allocating memory
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>
> Key: ZOOKEEPER-2146
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2146
> Project: ZooKeeper
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Hongchao Deng
> Assignee: Hongchao Deng
> Attachments: ZOOKEEPER-2146.patch, ZOOKEEPER-2146.patch
>
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> I recently observed a problem caused by malformed packets. ZK server crashed
> because of OutOfMemoryError.
> The reason is BinaryInputArchive didn't check the length before allocating
> memory in readString():
> {code}
> public String readString(String tag) throws IOException {
> int len = in.readInt();
> if (len == -1) return null;
> byte b[] = new byte[len];
> ...
> {code}
> I suggest to add the same check as in readBuffer.
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