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Bug #76068 parse_ini_string fails to parse "[foo]\nbar=1|>baz" with segfault
Submitted: 2018-03-08 14:26 UTC Modified: 2018-03-08 16:07 UTC
From: madboyka at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Filesystem function related
PHP Version: 7.2.3 OS: Windows 10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-03-08 14:26 UTC] madboyka at yahoo dot com
Description:
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Trying to parse the value "[foo]\nbar=1|>baz" with process_sections = true and scanner_mode = INI_SCANNER_TYPED causes a segmentation fault in the php process.
Looks like PHP sees the | as a logical operator and tries to do something with it.

Doesn't matter whether parse_ini_string or parse_ini_file is used.

I tried this on:
 Windows 10 with PHP 7.2.3 
 Ubuntu 16.04 with PHP 7.1.14-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
 CentOS 7.4.1708 with PHP 7.1.14

Test script:
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parse_ini_string("[foo]\nbar=1|>baz",true, \INI_SCANNER_TYPED);

Expected result:
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the code should run without errors and return ['foo'=> ['bar' => '1|>baz']]

Actual result:
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produces segmentation fault

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 [2018-03-08 16:07 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Analyzed
 [2018-03-08 16:07 UTC] cmb@php.net
> the code should run without errors and return
> ['foo'=> ['bar' => '1|>baz']]

Assuming this return value would be incorrect, since the
documentation[1] states:

| If a value in the ini file contains any non-alphanumeric
| characters it needs to be enclosed in double-quotes (").

However, a segfault must indeed not occur here.

The problem is that `zend_ini_do_op()` assumes that the operands
are strings[2], which is wrong, since in case of the given
reproduce script, op1 `IS_LONG`.

[1] <http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.parse-ini-file.php#refsect1-function.parse-ini-file-notes>
[2] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-7.2.3/Zend/zend_ini_parser.y#L60-L63>
 [2018-03-10 10:21 UTC] ab@php.net
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Revision: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=8417a239731158b7a8585f323e2c9216cac13c85
Log: Fixed bug #76068 parse_ini_string fails to parse &quot;[foo]\nbar=1|&gt;baz&quot; with segfault
 [2018-03-10 10:21 UTC] ab@php.net
-Status: Analyzed +Status: Closed
 
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