From 44e86304b611a955f4e934fc160f3f4a0a2b1c92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:03:58 +0200
Subject: Make NAR header check more robust

Changes

  std::bad_alloc

into

  bad archive: input doesn't look like a Nix archive
---
 src/libutil/archive.cc   | 2 +-
 src/libutil/serialise.cc | 5 +++--
 src/libutil/serialise.hh | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/libutil')

diff --git a/src/libutil/archive.cc b/src/libutil/archive.cc
index 1be8934a2..bb68e8288 100644
--- a/src/libutil/archive.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/archive.cc
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void parseDump(ParseSink & sink, Source & source)
 {
     string version;
     try {
-        version = readString(source);
+        version = readString(source, narVersionMagic1.size());
     } catch (SerialisationError & e) {
         /* This generally means the integer at the start couldn't be
            decoded.  Ignore and throw the exception below. */
diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.cc b/src/libutil/serialise.cc
index 17448f70e..31df6fdfd 100644
--- a/src/libutil/serialise.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/serialise.cc
@@ -268,16 +268,17 @@ void readPadding(size_t len, Source & source)
 size_t readString(unsigned char * buf, size_t max, Source & source)
 {
     auto len = readNum<size_t>(source);
-    if (len > max) throw Error("string is too long");
+    if (len > max) throw SerialisationError("string is too long");
     source(buf, len);
     readPadding(len, source);
     return len;
 }
 
 
-string readString(Source & source)
+string readString(Source & source, size_t max)
 {
     auto len = readNum<size_t>(source);
+    if (len > max) throw SerialisationError("string is too long");
     std::string res(len, 0);
     source((unsigned char*) res.data(), len);
     readPadding(len, source);
diff --git a/src/libutil/serialise.hh b/src/libutil/serialise.hh
index 4b6ad5da5..969e4dff3 100644
--- a/src/libutil/serialise.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/serialise.hh
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ inline uint64_t readLongLong(Source & source)
 
 void readPadding(size_t len, Source & source);
 size_t readString(unsigned char * buf, size_t max, Source & source);
-string readString(Source & source);
+string readString(Source & source, size_t max = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max());
 template<class T> T readStrings(Source & source);
 
 Source & operator >> (Source & in, string & s);
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