https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48318
Summary: WebDAV servlet returns 500 if files not readable
Product: Tomcat 6
Version: 6.0.20
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Servlet & JSP API
AssignedTo: dev@tomcat.apache.org
ReportedBy: mcarpen...@free.fr
If a directory contains a file that is not readable by the Tomcat
process (eg file permissions, dangling symlink) then Tomcat throws a
NullPointerException and returns a 500 Internal Server Error to the
client.
Throwing NPE in these circumstances is certainly wrong. Returning 500
with no further information is unhelpful behavior and should be fixed.
Generally, interfaces of this type at least list inaccessible files
(Windows Explorer, UNIX ls(1), BSD FTP client, ...) and only return an
error when one attempts to access such a file.
markt suggests an alternative of simply ignoring inaccessible files but notes
that "could cause issues if a user tries to upload a file of that name" and
suggests better error reporting.
Stack:
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet webdav threw exception
java.lang.NullPointerException
at
org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet.parseProperties(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet.doPropfind(Unknown
Source)
at org.apache.catalina.servlets.WebdavServlet.service(Unknown
Source)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(Unknown Source)
...
Method parseProperties() is in
java/org/apache/catalina/servlets/WebdavServlet.java.org and the NPE
happens when cacheEntry.attributes is null (case FIND_BY_PROPERTY in my
testing and possibly in other cases too).
Following the breadcrumbs via:
cacheEntry = resources.lookupCache(path);
leads eventually to java/org/apache/naming/resources/FileDirContext.java:
public Attributes getAttributes(String name, String[] attrIds)
throws NamingException {
// Building attribute list
File file = file(name);
if (file == null)
throw new NamingException
(sm.getString("resources.notFound", name));
...
protected File file(String name) {
File file = new File(base, name);
if (file.exists() && file.canRead()) {
... // do useful stuff
} else {
return null; // ouch
}
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