Check for invalid URLRequest header values

Sources/FoundationNetworking/NSURLRequest.swift

@@ -472,6 +472,10 @@ open class NSMutableURLRequest : NSURLRequest {
     /// - Parameter value: the header field value.
     /// - Parameter field: the header field name (case-insensitive).
     open func setValue(_ value: String?, forHTTPHeaderField field: String) {
+        // Check that the header value is valid
+        if let value = value, !httpHeaderValueIsValid(value) {
+            return
+        }
         // Store the field name capitalized to match native Foundation
         let capitalizedFieldName = field.capitalized
         var f: [String : String] = allHTTPHeaderFields ?? [:]
@@ -494,6 +498,10 @@ open class NSMutableURLRequest : NSURLRequest {
     /// - Parameter value: the header field value.
     /// - Parameter field: the header field name (case-insensitive).
     open func addValue(_ value: String, forHTTPHeaderField field: String) {
+        // Check that the header value is valid
+        if !httpHeaderValueIsValid(value) {
+            return
+        }
         // Store the field name capitalized to match native Foundation
         let capitalizedFieldName = field.capitalized
         var f: [String : String] = allHTTPHeaderFields ?? [:]
@@ -571,6 +579,42 @@ open class NSMutableURLRequest : NSURLRequest {
     var protocolProperties: [String: Any] = [:]
 }
 
+/// Checks if a header value is valid.
+/// Allows header line folding, but rejects other invalid uses of CR or LF.
+private func httpHeaderValueIsValid(_ value: String) -> Bool {
+    // Use a state machine to process the header value, transitioning on special
+    // characters such as CR and LF. The begin state is the accept state. CRLF
+    // must be followed by a SP or HTAB for valid header line folding.
+    enum CRLFState {
+        case begin
+        case crlf
+    }
+    var state = CRLFState.begin
+    for ch in value {
+        switch ch {
+        case "\0", "\r", "\n":
+            return false
+        case "\r\n": // Treated as a single Character in Swift
+            if state == .begin {
+                state = .crlf
+            } else {
+                return false
+            }
+        case " ", "\t":
+            if state == .crlf {
+                state = .begin
+            }
+            break
+        default:
+            if state != .begin {
+                return false
+            }
+            break
+        }
+    }
+    return state == .begin
+}
+
 /// Returns an existing key-value pair inside the header fields if it exists.
 private func existingHeaderField(_ key: String, inHeaderFields fields: [String : String]) -> (String, String)? {
     for (k, v) in fields {

Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestNSURLRequest.swift

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class TestNSURLRequest : XCTestCase {
             ("test_NSCoding_3", test_NSCoding_3),
             ("test_methodNormalization", test_methodNormalization),
             ("test_description", test_description),
+            ("test_invalidHeaderValues", test_invalidHeaderValues),
+            ("test_validLineFoldedHeaderValues", test_validLineFoldedHeaderValues),
         ]
     }
 
@@ -329,4 +331,41 @@ class TestNSURLRequest : XCTestCase {
             XCTFail("description of nil URL should contain (null)")
         }
     }
+
+    func test_invalidHeaderValues() {
+        let url = URL(string: "http://swift.org")!
+        let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url)
+
+        let invalidHeaderValues = [
+            "\r\nevil: hello\r\n\r\nGET /other HTTP/1.1\r\nevil: hello",
+            "invalid\0NUL",
+            "invalid\rCR",
+            "invalidCR\r",
+            "invalid\nLF",
+            "invalidLF\n",
+            "invalid\r\nCRLF",
+            "invalidCRLF\r\n",
+            "invalid\r\rCRCR"
+        ]
+
+        for (i, value) in invalidHeaderValues.enumerated() {
+            request.setValue("Bar\(value)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)")
+            XCTAssertNil(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)"))
+            request.addValue("Bar\(value)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)")
+            XCTAssertNil(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    func test_validLineFoldedHeaderValues() {
+        let url = URL(string: "http://swift.org")!
+        let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url)
+
+        let validHeaderValueLineFoldedTab = "Bar\r\n\tBuz"
+        request.setValue(validHeaderValueLineFoldedTab, forHTTPHeaderField: "FooTab")
+        XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "FooTab"), validHeaderValueLineFoldedTab)
+
+        let validHeaderValueLineFoldedSpace = "Bar\r\n Buz"
+        request.setValue(validHeaderValueLineFoldedSpace, forHTTPHeaderField: "FooSpace")
+        XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "FooSpace"), validHeaderValueLineFoldedSpace)
+    }
 }

Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestURLRequest.swift

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class TestURLRequest : XCTestCase {
             ("test_methodNormalization", test_methodNormalization),
             ("test_description", test_description),
             ("test_relativeURL", test_relativeURL),
+            ("test_invalidHeaderValues", test_invalidHeaderValues),
+            ("test_validLineFoldedHeaderValues", test_validLineFoldedHeaderValues),
         ]
     }
 
@@ -315,4 +317,41 @@ class TestURLRequest : XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(nsreq.url?.absoluteURL.relativeString, "http://httpbin.org/get")
         XCTAssertEqual(nsreq.url?.absoluteURL.absoluteString, "http://httpbin.org/get")
     }
+
+    func test_invalidHeaderValues() {
+        let url = URL(string: "http://swift.org")!
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+
+        let invalidHeaderValues = [
+            "\r\nevil: hello\r\n\r\nGET /other HTTP/1.1\r\nevil: hello",
+            "invalid\0NUL",
+            "invalid\rCR",
+            "invalidCR\r",
+            "invalid\nLF",
+            "invalidLF\n",
+            "invalid\r\nCRLF",
+            "invalidCRLF\r\n",
+            "invalid\r\rCRCR"
+        ]
+
+        for (i, value) in invalidHeaderValues.enumerated() {
+            request.setValue("Bar\(value)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)")
+            XCTAssertNil(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)"))
+            request.addValue("Bar\(value)", forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)")
+            XCTAssertNil(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "Foo\(i)"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    func test_validLineFoldedHeaderValues() {
+        let url = URL(string: "http://swift.org")!
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+
+        let validHeaderValueLineFoldedTab = "Bar\r\n\tBuz"
+        request.setValue(validHeaderValueLineFoldedTab, forHTTPHeaderField: "FooTab")
+        XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "FooTab"), validHeaderValueLineFoldedTab)
+
+        let validHeaderValueLineFoldedSpace = "Bar\r\n Buz"
+        request.setValue(validHeaderValueLineFoldedSpace, forHTTPHeaderField: "FooSpace")
+        XCTAssertEqual(request.value(forHTTPHeaderField: "FooSpace"), validHeaderValueLineFoldedSpace)
+    }
 }