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13 changes: 7 additions & 6 deletions contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/xml_functions/ora_xml_functions.c
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Expand Up @@ -535,20 +535,21 @@ register_ns_from_csting(xmlXPathContextPtr xpathCtx, char* nsList)
elog(ERROR, "Invalid namespace");

appendStringInfoString(&tmp, sub);
appendStringInfoString(&prefix, "");
appendStringInfoString(&url, "");

/* get the prefix */
start = strchr(tmp.data, (int)':');
end = strchr(tmp.data, (int)'=');
memcpy(prefix.data, start + 1, end - start);
prefix.data[end - start -1] = '\0';
if (start == NULL || end == NULL || end <= start)
elog(ERROR, "Invalid namespace");
/* appendBinaryStringInfo() grows the buffer as needed, avoiding overflow */
appendBinaryStringInfo(&prefix, start + 1, end - start - 1);

/* get the url */
p1 = strstr(tmp.data, "=");
l1 = strlen(p1);
memcpy(url.data, p1 + 2, l1 - 3);
url.data[l1 - 3] = '\0';
if (l1 < 3)
elog(ERROR, "Invalid namespace");
appendBinaryStringInfo(&url, p1 + 2, l1 - 3);
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Validate the actual URL length.

l1 includes =, the opening quote, and the closing quote. Therefore l1 < 3 only prevents l1 - 3 from becoming negative. It does not enforce a three-character URL. For example, xmlns:p="" passes this check and appends an empty URL. Compare the extracted URL length with the required minimum before calling appendBinaryStringInfo.

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In `@contrib/ivorysql_ora/src/xml_functions/ora_xml_functions.c` around lines 550
- 552, Update the namespace URL validation near appendBinaryStringInfo to
validate the extracted URL length, l1 - 3, against the required minimum rather
than only checking l1 < 3. Reject empty or undersized URLs before appending,
while preserving the existing append behavior for valid URLs.


/* do register namespace */
if (xmlXPathRegisterNs(xpathCtx, (xmlChar *)prefix.data, (xmlChar *)url.data) != 0)
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