Forbid obs-fold and bare CR whitespace in framing header fields (#701)
Header folding has been used for various attacks on HTTP proxies and
servers. RFC 7230 prohibits sending obs-fold (in any header field) and
allows the recipient to reject messages with folded headers. To reduce
the attack space, Squid now rejects messages with folded Content-Length
and Transfer-Encoding header field values. TODO: Follow RFC 7230 status
code recommendations when rejecting.
Bare CR is a CR character that is not followed by a LF character.
Similar to folding, bare CRs has been used for various attacks. HTTP
does not allow sending bare CRs in Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding
header field values. Squid now rejects messages with bare CR characters
in those framing-related field values.
When rejecting, Squid informs the admin with a level-1 WARNING such as
obs-fold seen in framing-sensitive Content-Length: ...