http: parse server Content-Length strictly

contrib/epee/include/net/http_protocol_handler.inl

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include "http_protocol_handler.h"
 #include "string_tools.h"
+#include "string_tools_lexical.h"
 #include "file_io_utils.h"
 #include "net_parse_helpers.h"
 #include "time_helper.h"
@@ -599,15 +600,11 @@ namespace net_utils
   template<class t_connection_context>
 	bool simple_http_connection_handler<t_connection_context>::get_len_from_content_lenght(const std::string& str, size_t& OUT len)
 	{
-		static const boost::regex rexp_mach_field("\\d+", boost::regex::normal);
+		// Content-Length must be 1*DIGIT (RFC 7230 3.3.2). Parse the whole value
-		std::string res;
+		// strictly, matching the client side, so a field such as "5abc" or "0x10"
-		boost::smatch result;
+		// is rejected rather than silently yielding a body length from its leading
-		if(!(boost::regex_search( str, result, rexp_mach_field, boost::match_default) && result[0].matched))
+		// digits.
-			return false;
+		return string_tools::get_xtype_from_string(len, str);
-
-		try { len = boost::lexical_cast<size_t>(result[0]); }
-		catch(...) { return false; }
-		return true;
 	}
 	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   template<class t_connection_context>

tests/unit_tests/http.cpp

@@ -875,6 +875,24 @@ TEST(HTTP, Server_Parses_First_Header_After_Split_Request_Line)
   EXPECT_EQ(body, capture.requests.front().m_body);
 }
 
+TEST(HTTP, Server_Rejects_Malformed_Content_Length)
+{
+  const std::string body = "0123456789";
+  for (const char* len : {"5abc", "0x10", "+10", "1 0", "abc"})
+  {
+    const auto capture = feed_http_request(
+      "POST /json_rpc HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+      "Content-Length: " + std::string(len) + "\r\n"
+      "Host: example.com\r\n"
+      "\r\n" + body
+    );
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(1u, capture.results.size());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(capture.results.front()) << "accepted Content-Length: " << len;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(capture.requests.empty()) << "accepted Content-Length: " << len;
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(HTTP, Server_Rejects_Malformed_First_Header)
 {
   const auto capture = feed_http_request(