[9.191][BUG] HTTP Proxy "exceeded pcre limit on ..." reached

If I try to register on the hp website online shop https://h20386.www2.hp.com/SwitzerlandStore/Merch/SimpleRegistration.aspx, it will not work due following messages:


2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception No Countryblocking exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683
2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception DELL Updates exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683
2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception APPLE EXCEPTIONS exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683
2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception SUN JAVA Updates exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683
2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception ADOBE EXCEPTIONS exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683
2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception NITENDO WII exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683
2013:12:27-11:28:12 asg01 httpproxy[6397]: id="0003" severity="info" sys="SecureWeb" sub="http" request="0xbc50020" function="match_exception_domainlist" file="profile.c" line="611" message="exception Shoutcast exceeded pcre limit on met2.hp.com/.../s14031337932683

Somehow all this informations in the URL will make it's size little too big for the pcre scanner ?

0 Michael Dunn over 10 years ago

William, thanks. You've got URLs over 3000 characters, which some browsers support but IE does not. I'm not entirely sure what we do here but I'm passing it onto the devs.

Sacha,
The exceptions that failed in your case were ones that you wrote. As I said the issue comes up when you have long URLs *and* certain types of regex that require more memory. It may be that even after increasing stack space that would resolve some issues you might still have this occurring due to your regex.
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0 William Warren over 10 years ago

William, thanks.  You've got URLs over 3000 characters, which some browsers support but IE does not.  I'm not entirely sure what we do here but I'm passing it onto the devs.

Sacha,
The exceptions that failed in your case were ones that you wrote.  As I said the issue comes up when you have long URLs *and* certain types of regex that require more memory.  It may be that even after increasing stack space that would resolve some issues you might still have this occurring due to your regex.

Chrome rocks...[:)]  IE is falling out of favor slowly but surely....especially given chrome can be managed via GPO..to a point..but its getting there.  That might explain why ie has been choking on modern sites more and more often......

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0 Michael Dunn over 10 years ago

Thanks for your help William. We now fully understand the issue. We will release a fix for 9.2.
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0 Astaro Beta Bot over 10 years ago

Thanks for reporting. We are now tracking this as Mantis ID #30096
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0 Astaro Beta Bot over 10 years ago

The Mantis ID #30096 is now under investigation. We are planning to release a fix for this issue in Version 9.192.
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0 Astaro Beta Bot over 10 years ago

We are planning to release a fix for this issue in Version 9.193.
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0 Astaro Beta Bot over 10 years ago

The Mantis ID #30096 is now being worked on.
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0 Astaro Beta Bot over 10 years ago

The Mantis ID #30096 is now fixed.
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0 Astaro Beta Bot over 10 years ago

The Mantis ID #30096 is now closed.
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