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new a1efd94f75 Align with 9.0.x onwards - harden the default HTTP
configuration
a1efd94f75 is described below
commit a1efd94f7506d0bf113a0c225ad6f3fb9af08307
Author: Mark Thomas <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue May 2 14:28:43 2023 +0100
Align with 9.0.x onwards - harden the default HTTP configuration
---
java/org/apache/coyote/http11/AbstractHttp11Protocol.java | 2 +-
webapps/docs/changelog.xml | 6 ++++++
webapps/docs/config/http.xml | 3 +--
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/AbstractHttp11Protocol.java
b/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/AbstractHttp11Protocol.java
index c4e4fcf218..2b1d75b124 100644
--- a/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/AbstractHttp11Protocol.java
+++ b/java/org/apache/coyote/http11/AbstractHttp11Protocol.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttp11Protocol<S> extends
AbstractProtocol<S> {
}
- private boolean rejectIllegalHeader = false;
+ private boolean rejectIllegalHeader = true;
/**
* If an HTTP request is received that contains an illegal header name or
value (e.g. the header name is not a
diff --git a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
index ebf9552cb6..6f989bdd51 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
<code>true</code> to <code>false</code> to harden the default
configuration. (markt)
</scode>
+ <scode>
+ The default for the HTTP Connector attribute
+ <code>rejectIllegalHeader</code> has been changed from
+ <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> to harden the default
+ configuration. (markt)
+ </scode>
</changelog>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Jasper">
diff --git a/webapps/docs/config/http.xml b/webapps/docs/config/http.xml
index 429c04f485..11f660d6cc 100644
--- a/webapps/docs/config/http.xml
+++ b/webapps/docs/config/http.xml
@@ -632,8 +632,7 @@
value (e.g. the header name is not a token) this setting determines if
the
request will be rejected with a 400 response (<code>true</code>) or if
the
illegal header be ignored (<code>false</code>). The default value is
- <code>false</code> which will cause the request to be processed but the
- illegal header will be ignored.</p>
+ <code>true</code> which will cause the request to be rejected.</p>
</attribute>
<attribute name="rejectIllegalHeaderName" required="false">
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