http: handle user-defined connection headers

When there is more than one user-supplied 'Connection: ' header, add
values that curl needs internally to the first one and emit all
subsequent ones thereafter.

Fixes #18662
Reported-by: Evgeny Grin (Karlson2k)
Closes #18686
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Stefan Eissing 2025-09-22 15:48:07 +02:00 committed by Daniel Stenberg
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4 changed files with 132 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ without content (no data on the right side of the colon) as in `Accept:`, the
internally used header is removed. To forcibly add a header without content
(nothing after the colon), use the form `name;` (using a trailing semicolon).
There are exceptions when suppressing headers. The `Connection:` header in
HTTP/1.1 cannot be overridden. You can provide values for it, but should a
request require specific ones, they are always added to your own.
The headers included in the linked list **must not** be CRLF-terminated, since
libcurl adds CRLF after each header item itself. Failure to comply with this
might result in strange behavior. libcurl passes on the verbatim strings you

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@ -263,6 +263,19 @@ char *Curl_checkProxyheaders(struct Curl_easy *data,
#define Curl_checkProxyheaders(x,y,z,a) NULL
#endif
static bool http_header_is_empty(const char *header)
{
struct Curl_str out;
if(!curlx_str_cspn(&header, &out, ";:") &&
(!curlx_str_single(&header, ':') || !curlx_str_single(&header, ';'))) {
curlx_str_untilnl(&header, &out, MAX_HTTP_RESP_HEADER_SIZE);
curlx_str_trimblanks(&out);
return curlx_strlen(&out) == 0;
}
return TRUE; /* invalid head format, treat as empty */
}
/*
* Strip off leading and trailing whitespace from the value in the given HTTP
* header line and return a strdup()ed copy. Returns NULL in case of
@ -1702,7 +1715,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_add_custom_headers(struct Curl_easy *data,
curlx_str_casecompare(&name, "Content-Length"))
;
else if(curlx_str_casecompare(&name, "Connection"))
/* Normal Connection: header generation takes care of this */
/* Connection headers are handled specially */
;
else if((httpversion >= 20) &&
curlx_str_casecompare(&name, "Transfer-Encoding"))
@ -2636,17 +2649,29 @@ static CURLcode http_check_new_conn(struct Curl_easy *data)
static CURLcode http_add_connection_hd(struct Curl_easy *data,
struct dynbuf *req)
{
char *custom = Curl_checkheaders(data, STRCONST("Connection"));
char *custom_val = custom ? Curl_copy_header_value(custom) : NULL;
const char *sep = (custom_val && *custom_val) ? ", " : "Connection: ";
struct curl_slist *head;
const char *sep = "Connection: ";
CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
size_t rlen = curlx_dyn_len(req);
char *value;
bool skip;
if(custom && !custom_val)
return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
/* Add the 1st custom "Connection: " header, if there is one */
for(head = data->set.headers; head; head = head->next) {
if(curl_strnequal(head->data, "Connection", 10) &&
Curl_headersep(head->data[10]) &&
!http_header_is_empty(head->data)) {
value = Curl_copy_header_value(head->data);
if(!value)
return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
result = curlx_dyn_addf(req, "%s%s", sep, value);
sep = ", ";
free(value);
break; /* leave, having added 1st one */
}
}
if(custom_val && *custom_val)
result = curlx_dyn_addf(req, "Connection: %s", custom_val);
/* add our internal Connection: header values, if we have any */
if(!result && data->state.http_hd_te) {
result = curlx_dyn_addf(req, "%s%s", sep, "TE");
sep = ", ";
@ -2660,9 +2685,26 @@ static CURLcode http_add_connection_hd(struct Curl_easy *data,
}
if(!result && (rlen < curlx_dyn_len(req)))
result = curlx_dyn_addn(req, STRCONST("\r\n"));
if(result)
return result;
free(custom_val);
return result;
/* Add all user-defined Connection: headers after the first */
skip = TRUE;
for(head = data->set.headers; head; head = head->next) {
if(curl_strnequal(head->data, "Connection", 10) &&
Curl_headersep(head->data[10]) &&
!http_header_is_empty(head->data)) {
if(skip) {
skip = FALSE;
continue;
}
result = curlx_dyn_addf(req, "%s\r\n", head->data);
if(result)
return result;
}
}
return CURLE_OK;
}
/* Header identifier in order we send them by default */

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@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ test1580 test1581 \
test1590 test1591 test1592 test1593 test1594 test1595 test1596 test1597 \
test1598 test1599 test1600 test1601 test1602 test1603 test1604 test1605 \
test1606 test1607 test1608 test1609 test1610 test1611 test1612 test1613 \
test1614 test1615 test1616 \
test1614 test1615 test1616 test1617 \
test1620 test1621 \
\
test1630 test1631 test1632 test1633 test1634 test1635 \

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tests/data/test1617 Normal file
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@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
<testcase>
<info>
<keywords>
HTTP
HTTP GET
compressed
Transfer-Encoding
</keywords>
</info>
#
# Server-side
<reply>
<data>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:56:53 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Debian GNU/Linux) mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a PHP/4.3.9-1 mod_ssl/2.8.20 OpenSSL/0.9.7d mod_perl/1.29
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Transfer-Encoding: gzip, chunked
2c
%hex[%1f%8b%08%08%79%9e%ab%41%00%03%6c%61%6c%61%6c%61%00%cb%c9%cc%4b%55%30%e4%52%c8%01%d1%46%5c]hex%
%hex[%10%86%31%17%00]hex%
%hex[%02%71%60%18%00%00%00]hex%
0
</data>
<datacheck>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:56:53 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Debian GNU/Linux) mod_gzip/1.3.26.1a PHP/4.3.9-1 mod_ssl/2.8.20 OpenSSL/0.9.7d mod_perl/1.29
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Transfer-Encoding: gzip, chunked
line 1
line 2
line 3
</datacheck>
</reply>
#
# Client-side
<client>
<features>
libz
</features>
<server>
http
</server>
<name>
HTTP GET transfer-encoding with two user Connection: headers
</name>
<command>
http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER --tr-encoding -H "Connection: this" -H "Connection: that"
</command>
</client>
#
# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
<verify>
<protocol>
GET /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
Accept: */*
TE: gzip
Connection: this, TE
Connection: that
</protocol>
</verify>
</testcase>