https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54307
Bug ID: 54307
Summary: Alias/AliasMatch does'n/does fold/match multiple
slashes
Product: Apache httpd-2
Version: 2.4-HEAD
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: P2
Component: Documentation
Assignee: docs@httpd.apache.org
Reporter: cales...@scientia.net
Classification: Unclassified
Hi.
Marking this as major, as it quite changes the behaviour of Alias/AliasMatch.
This is similar to what's already correctly documented at the <Location>
directive in the “Note about / (slash)” box there
(https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/core.html#location).
The Alias directive apparently implicitly folds/matches any number of
_consecutive_ slashes (/).
Thus:
Alias /foo/bar /some/file
will apply to e.g. URIs:
/foo/bar
/foo///bar
////foo////bar
etc.
As with Location vs. LocationMatch, this seems to be _NOT_ the case for
AliasMatch, thus e.g.:
AliasMatch "^/foo/bar$" /some/file
will apply to URIs:
/foo/bar
but _not_ to:
/foo///bar
////foo////bar
(*)
I think this needs to be documented in both directives, Alias and AliasMatch,
similar as it is done as with Location/LocationMatch.
Cheers,
Chris.
(*) Interestingly it _DOES_ fold/match such URIs where there are only multiple
leading slashes, so.e.g.:
AliasMatch "^/foo/bar$" /some/file
will apply to URIs:
/////foo/bar
I consider this rather a functioal bug and will report it as a separate bug. If
that is not accepted a functional bug, that strange special behaviour should be
documented, too.
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