[ruby-core:35877] [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #3719] open-uri should allow redirects from http to https

Issue #3719 has been updated by Joseph Holsten.


I'm still seeing this issue. I like the way this patch works, allowing redirection from http to https but not the other way.

What needs to happen for this to be applied?
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Feature #3719: open-uri should allow redirects from http to https
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/3719

Author: Hans de Graaff
Status: Assigned
Priority: Normal
Assignee: Akira Tanaka
Category: lib
Target version: 
ruby -v: 1.8.7


 Currently open-uri does not allow redirects from http to https. http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/repositories/revision/1?rev=21381 reverts the ability to redirect between http and https with a note that this may compromise security, but as far as I can tell this is only true for https -> http redirects. Redirecting from http -> https should not pose such security problems and could still be allowed. This can be accomplished by allowing https for the destination URL, but not for the source URL:
 
 +  def OpenURI.redirectable?(uri1, uri2) # :nodoc:
 +    # This test is intended to forbid a redirection from http://... to
 +    # file:///etc/passwd.
 +    # However this is ad hoc.  It should be extensible/configurable.
 +    uri1.scheme.downcase == uri2.scheme.downcase ||
 +      (/\A(?:http|ftp)\z/i =~ uri1.scheme && /\A(?:https?|ftp)\z/i =~ uri2.scheme)
 +  end
 
 I'm seeing this issue with ruby 1.8.7 but the code for ruby 1.9.2 is the same.


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