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Hi
all,
I came across 2
parsing issues that I would like to share:
1. When
parsing NameAddr fields, the parser will always accept a
header containing only a STAR sign (*) as valid value.
This is of course the required behavior for Contact header but for headers like
>From and To I believe this violates the RFC syntax. Note: other syntax
violations will usually result with an exception.
2. When parsing an
Interger field like Expires, an integer value greater that MAX_INT will result
in integer-overflow and the actual parsed int may become a negative
number.
These issues led me
to raise the following question: to what extent is the parser responsible
for ensuring legal syntax ? what do you think ?
Ofir Roval - Kayote
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